U.S. Navy Sailor loads a laser-guided AGM-114 Series Hellfire missile onto an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter, attached to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 51, on the flight deck aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John Finn (DDG 113) during flight quarters in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in support of Operation Epic Fury, Mar. 03, 2026.

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