USS Mustin conducts flight operations

U.S. Navy Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Bar Htoo, from Texas, stands by with chocks and chains as an H225 Super Puma helicopter takes off from the flight deck aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) during flight operations while underway in the Indian Ocean, Aug. 11, 2026.

260811-N-ER894-1244.JPG Photo By: Petty Officer 2nd Class Timothy

Aug 12, 2026

260811-N-ER894-1244 - INDIAN OCEAN (Aug. 11, 2026) — U.S. Navy Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Bar Htoo, from Texas, stands by with chocks and chains as an H225 Super Puma helicopter takes off from the flight deck aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) during flight operations while underway in the Indian Ocean, Aug. 11, 2026. Mustin is forward-deployed and assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest DESRON and U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force. U.S. 7th Fleet, the Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Timothy Dimal)

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