Aboard the BIG DECK on this #ForwardFriday 💪 ⚓ Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) transits the Pacific Ocean during Multi-Large Deck Event (MLDE). 📸: MC2 Leon Vonguyen

#USNavy pilots start their missions long before the aircraft departs. Things like maintenance ⚒️ mission planning 🗺️ and pre-flight checks 🔍 must take place before the plane even takes off 🛫 📸 MC3 August Clawson #FlyingFriday | #VFA106 | #USSGW | #CVN73

I've got your six. 🤝 ⚓ 💪 📍 PHILIPPINE SEA (Nov. 6, 2023) The Nimitz-class aircraft carriers USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) and USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) transit the Philippine Sea, Nov. 6, 2023.

#DYK ❓🤔 #USNavy ships go into a maintenance period called a Planned Incremental Availability, like the aircraft carrier @GHWBCVN77 did recently at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Virginia, to maintain operational readiness and ensure the ship is mission ready. #MaintenanceMonday

USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), steam in formation during #MultiLargeDeckEvent with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), JS Hyuga (DDH 181), USS Antietam (CG 54), USS Robert Smalls (CG 62), USS Sterett (DDG 104) and USS Kidd (DDG 100).

Welcome to U.S. 5th Fleet @TheCVN69 and IKE Carrier Strike Group! You bring the power of deterrence and de-escalation to this vital maritime region. - VADM Brad Cooper

#StrongerTogether 🇺🇸🇮🇹 @USNavy 🇺🇸 Sailors and naval aviators from the @TheCVN69 CSG and @Warship_78 CSG sailed alongside #USSMountWhitney and @ItalianNavy 🇮🇹 frigates ITS Fasan & ITS Margottini in the #MediterraneanSea, Nov. 3. For more: c6f.navy.mil/Press-Room/New…

Start your engines. ⚓ 📍 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 17, 2023) The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) transits the Atlantic Ocean, Oct. 18, 2023.

Flame on! 🔥 🛫 ⚓ 📍 EAST CHINA SEA (Oct. 17, 2023) An F/A-18E Super Hornet attached to the Royal Maces of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 27 takes off from the flight deck of the U.S. Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76).