101020-N-1261P-004 GULF OF OMAN (Oct. 18, 2010) - An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the Blue Blasters of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 34 launches from the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during the first day of flight operations supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. VFA-34 is part of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, which is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Eric S. Powell/Released)
A B1-B Lancer takes off from an air base in Southwest Asia on a combat mission. The B-1B is deployed from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., in support of operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Robert Barney)
101022-N-6889J-107 NORFOLK (Oct. 22, 2010) - Sailors assigned to Riverine Group 1 conduct maneuvers aboard Riverine Command Boat (Experimental) (RCB-X) at Naval Station Norfolk. The RCB-X is powered by an alternative fuel blend of 50 percent algae-based and 50 percent NATO F-76 fuels to support the secretary of the Navy's efforts to reduce total energy consumption on naval ships. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Gregory N. Juday/Released)
A Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) is launched from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer JS Myoko (DDG 175) in a joint missile defense intercept test with the Missile Defense Agency in the Pacific Ocean. The SM-3 successfully intercepted a medium-range target that had been launched minutes earlier from the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii. Myoko's crew detected and tracked the target, developed a fire control solution, then launched the SM-3. (U.S. Navy photo Courtesy of the Missile Defense Agency/Released)