U.S. Pacific Fleet
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 09, 2017) An E-2C Hawkeye from the “Black Eagles” of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 113, flies by the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), during a change-of-command ceremony for VAW-113. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is on a regularly scheduled Western Pacific deployment as part of the U.S. Pacific Fleet-led initiative to extend the command and control functions of U.S. 3rd Fleet. U.S. Navy aircraft carrier strike groups have patrolled the Indo-Asia-Pacific regularly and routinely for more than 70 years. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Zachary Alan Landers/Released)
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 09, 2017) An E-2C Hawkeye from the “Black Eagles” of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 113, flies by the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), during a change-of-command ceremony for VAW-113. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is on a regularly scheduled Western Pacific deployment as part of the U.S. Pacific Fleet-led initiative to extend the command and control functions of U.S. 3rd Fleet. U.S. Navy aircraft carrier strike groups have patrolled the Indo-Asia-Pacific regularly and routinely for more than 70 years. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Zachary Alan Landers/Released)