US Navy, Marines participate in trilateral exercise PEGASE

240719-N-N0824-1002 PHILIPPINE SEA (July 19, 2024) – Two U.S. Navy E/A 18-G Growlers and one P-8A, two Japanese Air Self-Defense Force F-2s, two French Rafales and French Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport, fly in formation during a French PEGASE mission for an aerial interaction, July 19, 2024. U.S. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy's largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (Courtesy Photo)