As the jet blast deflectors retracts, flight deck personnel get ready to hook up the next aircraft on catapult 2, seconds after an F/A-18 jet is catapulted off the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). As humanitarian efforts for the people of the Republic of the Philippines continued throughout the day, Ronald Reagan also conducted routine flight operations.


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SULU SEA (June 30, 2008) As the jet blast deflectors retracts, flight deck personnel get ready to hook up the next aircraft on catapult 2, seconds after an F/A-18 jet is catapulted off the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). As humanitarian efforts for the people of the Republic of the Philippines continued throughout the day, Ronald Reagan also conducted routine flight operations. At the request of the government of the Republic of the Philippines, Ronald Reagan is off the coast of Panay Island providing humanitarian assistance and disaster response in the wake of Typhoon Fengshen. Ronald Reagan and other U.S. Navy ships are operating in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility to promote peace, cooperation and stability. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joe Painter (Released)

Typhoon Fengshen is locally called Typhoon Frank.

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