Sailors, assigned to air department’s crash and salvage division, stand watch on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) as an F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to the Royal Maces of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 27, takes off while underway in the Pacific Ocean, Oct. 15, 2024.

USS George Washington Conducts Flight Operations
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105), foreground, sails in formation with the Royal Malaysian Navy Kedah-class offshore patrol vessel KD Terengganu (F 174) in the Andaman Sea while participating in Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Malaysia, Nov. 1, 2024.

USS Dewey (DDG 105) Sails with Royal Malaysian Navy During CARAT Malaysia 2024
An E/A-18G Growler, assigned to the Shadowhawks of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 141, taxis on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) while underway in the Pacific Ocean, Oct. 28, 2024.

USS George Washington Conducts Flight Operations
Naval Air Crewman (Helicopter) 3rd Class Jacob Gateman, from Vashon Island, Washington, assigned to the Golden Falcons of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 12, currently deployed aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), jumps from an MH-60S Seahawk during expeditionary advanced base operations at U.S. Naval Base Guam, Oct. 31, 2024.

HSC-12 conducts search and rescue operations in Guam
A U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18C Hornet assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232, conducts aerial refeuling with a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 909th Air Refueling Squadron, before a Keen Sword 25 training mission over the Sea of Japan, Oct. 31, 2024.

KS25 | 909th ARS fuels Keen Sword
JSDF and U.S. Forces conducted a bilateral exercise. This exercise reaffirms the strong intention between JPN and U.S.

JSDF and U.S. Forces conducted a bilateral exercise
A simulated static target explodes after being struck by a GBU-12 during combined Republic of Korea and U.S. air forces precision strike training as part of Freedom Flag 24-1.

U.S., ROK accomplish precision strike, close air support training with MQ-9, F-15K
Four U.S. F-16 Fighting Falcons flew alongside four ROK F-16 Fighting Falcons for large scale aerial maneuver training as part of Freedom Flag 24-1 Oct. 31, 2024.

ROK, U.S. conduct large scale F-16 aerial maneuvers for Freedom Flag 24-1
U.S. 7th Fleet’s premiere forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) steams in the Western Pacific Ocean during Keen Sword 25, Oct. 29.

USS George Washington Carrier Strike Group leads Task Force 70 surface, air forces into Keen Sword 25
A Republic of Korea Army Soldier pulls security for a wounded team member during a casualty evacuation exercise during Mangudai 2024, October 23,

Mangudai Challenge 2024
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