Air And Sea Power

Four US fighters fly in formation above the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) during a joint US Navy and Air Force exercise on 16 March: a US Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft from Strike Fighter Squadron 115 (VFA-115); an F-22A Raptor aircraft from the 27th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron deployed at Kadena AB, Okinawa; an F-15C Eagle aircraft from the 44th Fighter Squadron at Kadena; and an F/A-18C Hornet from VFA-25. The Reagan Carrier Strike Group is under way in the Philippine Sea on a surge deployment in support of operations in the US 7th Fleet area of responsibility.