12/28/2014: Yeoman 2nd Class Shuan Linnell, from Becker, Minn., assigned to the Battle Cats of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 73, washes an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70).
Carl Vinson and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17, is seen on deployment in the 7th Fleet area of operations supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.
Credit: USS Carl Vinson: 9/25/14
- In photo 2, Sailors move an F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the Mighty Shrikes of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 94 to another location on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70).
- In photo 3, a 2011 photo shows Sailors running to prepare the catapults for the next launch aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson.
- In photo 4, also in a 2011 photo, an F/A-18C Hornet launches from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 17 are conducting maritime security operations and close-air support missions in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
- In photo 5, Aviation Structural Mechanic Airman Kevin Noice, from Corona, Calif., assigned to the Battle Cats of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 73, washes the tail rotor of an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70).
- In photo 6, Sailors participate in a foreign object debris (FOD) walk-down on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70).