Photo by Seaman Kyree Rogers | USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73) | 06.18.2025
An F-35C lightning II, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147, lands on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) while underway in the Philippine Sea, June 18, 2025. The USS George Washington Carrier Strike Group (GWA CSG) is on patrol in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. George Washington is the U.S. Navy’s premier forward-deployed aircraft......
Photo by Seaman Kyree Rogers | USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73) | 06.18.2025
An F-35C lightning II, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147, takes off from the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) while underway in the Philippine Sea, June 18, 2025. The USS George Washington Carrier Strike Group (GWA CSG) is on patrol in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. George Washington is the U.S. Navy’s premier forward-deployed......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kaleb Birch | Commander, Task Force 70 / Carrier Strike Group 5 | 05.08.2025
IWAKUNI, Japan - Cmdr. Michael Austin, incoming commanding officer of the Argonauts of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147, speaks during a change of command ceremony in the hangar bay at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni (MCASI), Japan, May 8, 2025. VFA-147 is the Navy’s only forward-deployed F-35C Lightning II squadron, and is committed to maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific region,......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kaleb Birch | Commander, Task Force 70 / Carrier Strike Group 5 | 05.08.2025
IWAKUNI, Japan - Capt. Brain Kesselring, left, commanding officer of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, shakes hands with Cmdr. Michael Austin, incoming commanding officer of the Argonauts of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147, during a change of command ceremony on the flight line at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni (MCASI), Japan, May 8, 2025. VFA-147 is the Navy’s only forward-deployed F-35C......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kaleb Birch | Commander, Task Force 70 / Carrier Strike Group 5 | 05.08.2025
IWAKUNI, Japan - Capt. Brain Kesselring, left, commanding officer of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, shakes hands with Cmdr. Christopher Case, outgoing commanding officer of the Argonauts of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147, during a change of command ceremony on the flight line at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni (MCASI), Japan, May 8, 2025. VFA-147 is the Navy’s only forward-deployed F-35C......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kaleb Birch | Commander, Task Force 70 / Carrier Strike Group 5 | 05.08.2025
IWAKUNI, Japan - Cmdr. Christopher Case, outgoing commanding officer of the Argonauts of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147, speaks during a change of command ceremony in the hangar bay at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni (MCASI), Japan, May 8, 2025. VFA-147 is the Navy’s only forward-deployed F-35C Lightning II squadron, and is committed to maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific region,......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kaleb Birch | Commander, Task Force 70 / Carrier Strike Group 5 | 05.08.2025
IWAKUNI, Japan - Cmdr. Michael Austin, left, commanding officer of the Argonauts of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147, and Cmdr. Christopher Case, outgoing commanding officer of the Argonauts of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147, redesignate an F-35C Lightning II fighter jet during a change of command ceremony in the hangar bay at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, May 8, 2025. VFA-147......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Maikeyla Reyes | Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni | 05.05.2025
U.S. Navy Cmdr. Christopher Case, the commanding officer of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, and a native of Connecticut, poses for a photo at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, May 5, 2025. VFA-147 was selected to receive the Clarence Wade McClusky award. The award is given to the Navy’s most exceptional attack squadron. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance......
