IONIAN SEA, USS Gerald R. Ford (July 29, 2025): Italian and U.S. aircraft overfly the world's largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), front center, Italian Navy ITS Rimini (M 5561), back center, Turkish Navy TCG Gelibolu (F-493), second from the left, and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Bainbridge (DDG 96), back left, USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81), second from the right, and USS Mahan (DDG 72), while sailing in formation, July 29, 2025. Gerald R. Ford is participating in NATO’s Neptune Strike enhanced vigilance activity that facilitates combined maritime integration and demonstrates the force’s resolve and readiness to defend and protect Allied nations’ security and peace using Allied high-end capability assets. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Maxwell Orlosky)
NEPTUNE STRIKE 25-2 AIR AND SEA FORMATION
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