太平洋
Photo by U.S. Navy/MC1 Lewis Hunsaker | 2014-09-08 00:00:00 | MV-00/168214 (cn DO164);MV-03/166726 (cn D0095)
太平洋,美国海军陆战队 VMX-22“阿尔戈勇士”中队二架 MV-22B 运输机运送萨尔瓦多访客降落首航中的美利坚号两栖攻击舰上,美利坚号是美利坚级两栖攻击舰的首舰,用来取代塔拉瓦级两栖攻击舰,这是下一代的“大甲板”两栖攻击舰,配备 F-35 联合攻击战斗机和 MV-22 运输机。(A tiltrotor MV-22 Osprey, assigned to the "Argonauts" of Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron (VMX) 22, transporting distinguished visitors from El Salvador, prepares to land aboard future amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6). America is currently traveling through the U.S. Southern Command and U.S. 4th Fleet area of responsibility on its maiden transit, "America Visits the Americas." America is the first ship of its class, replacing the Tarawa-class of amphibious assault ships. As the next generation "big-deck" amphibious assault ship, America is optimized for aviation, capable of supporting current and future aircraft such as the Osprey and F-35B Joint Strike Fighter. The ship is scheduled to be ceremoniously commissioned Oct. 11 in San Francisco.)