A tilt-rotor MV-22 Osprey assigned to the Argonauts of Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron (VMX) 22 transports distinguished visitors and guests from Uruguay to 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, “America visits the Americas”.
The ship is scheduled to be commissioned Oct. 11 in San Francisco.