Photo by Lance Cpl. Elias Pimentel | 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing | 10.25.2022
British Royal Navy Lt. Chris Avison, an F-35B Lightning II fighter jet pilot with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron (VMFAT) 501, enters the cockpit of an F-35B Lightning II fighter jet at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, Louisiana, Oct. 25, 2022. VMFAT-501 deployed to NAS JRB New Orleans to increase entry-level pilots' proficiency in offensive-air support, electronic......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Elias Pimentel | 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing | 10.25.2022
U.S. Marine Corps Maj. John M. Yunker Jr., an F-35B Lightning II fighter jet pilot with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron (VMFAT) 501, takes off in an F-35B Lightning II fighter jet at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, Louisiana, Oct. 25, 2022. VMFAT-501 deployed to NAS JRB New Orleans to increase entry-level pilots' proficiency in offensive-air support, electronic......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Samantha Jetzer | USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76) | 08.12.2020
200812-N-ML137-1038 PHILIPPINE SEA (Aug. 12, 2020) Airman Adrian Belmonte, from Glendale, California, right, and Aviation Machinist’s Mate 3rd Class Robert Robertson, from Reedsburg, Wisconsin, assigned to the Eagles of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 115 conduct preflight checks of an F/A-18E Super Hornet on the flight deck of the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Samantha Jetzer | USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76) | 08.08.2020
200808-N-ML137-1003 EAST CHINA SEA (Aug. 8, 2020) Airman Christine Blaza, from Hawaii, assigned to the Dambusters of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 195 conducts preflight checks on an F/A-18E Super Hornet on the flight deck of the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jason Isaacs | USS Rafael Peralta | 07.21.2020
EAST CHINA SEA (July 21, 2020) U.S. Navy Aviation Structural Mechanic Airman Rordanny Valdes, from Philadelphia, attaches the tail bumper of an MH-60R Sea Hawk, assigned to the “Scorpions” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 49, in the hangar bay of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115). The “Scorpions” are deployed, with the Rafael......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jason Isaacs | USS Rafael Peralta | 07.21.2020
EAST CHINA SEA (July 21, 2020) U.S. Navy Aviation Electronics Technician 2nd Class Jerome Mora, from Valdosta, Ga., conducts preflight checks in the cockpit of an MH-60R Sea Hawk, assigned to the “Scorpions” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 49, on the flight deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115). The “Scorpions” are deployed,......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jason Isaacs | USS Rafael Peralta | 07.21.2020
EAST CHINA SEA (July 21, 2020) U.S. Navy Lt. Eric Torres, from Buena Park, Calif., checks the oil of the auxiliary power unit during preflight checks on an MH-60R Sea Hawk, assigned to the “Scorpions” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 49, on the flight deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115). The “Scorpions” are deployed, with......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jason Isaacs | USS Rafael Peralta | 07.21.2020
EAST CHINA SEA (July 21, 2020) U.S. Navy Lt. Eric Torres, from Buena Park, Calif., conducts preflight check on the main rotor of an MH-60R Sea Hawk, assigned to the “Scorpions” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 49, on the flight deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115). The “Scorpions” are deployed, with the Rafael Peralta,......
