USS Abraham Lincoln conducts flight ops in Gulf of Alaska during Northern Edge 2025

GULF OF ALASKA (Aug. 19, 2025) A CMV-22B Osprey, attached to Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Squadron (VRM) 30, takes off from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during exercise Northern Edge 2025 (NE25). NE25 is an exercise led by U.S. Indo-Pacific Command that serves as a platform for joint, multi-domain operations to deliver high-end, realistic warfighter training strengthen joint interoperability, and sharpen the air and sea-based combat readiness of U.S. and participating forces. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Shepard Fosdyke-Jackson)