U.S. Navy LCDR Akheel Patel, a pilot with Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 195, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, poses for a photo in an F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 3, 2025. CVW-5 aircraft and personnel return from being forward-deployed on the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) which provided air superiority, all-weather offensive air-to-surface attack capabilities, to maintain a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps photos by Lance Cpl. Tyler Bassett)
| Date Taken: | 12.02.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 12.11.2025 20:18 |
| Photo ID: | 9437962 |
| VIRIN: | 251203-M-TB340-1107 |
| Resolution: | 1369x2054 |
| Size: | 519.45 KB |
| Location: | IWAKUNI, YAMAGUCHI, JP |
| Web Views: | 61 |
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