Image of the Day: MV-22 Osprey Ready for Landing

Image of the Day MV-22 Osprey Ready for Landing

A tilt-rotor MV-22 Osprey prepares to land aboard the future amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6).

 

America is traveling through the U.S. Southern Command and U.S. 4th Fleet area of responsibility on her maiden transit.

The ship is scheduled to be commissioned Oct. 11 in San Francisco.

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Naval Today Staff, July 25, 2014; Image: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ryan Riley