Keywords: U.S. Navy MH-60S Seahawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 9 lands on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) in the Persian Gulf as the aircraft carrier 141018-N-CZ979-004.jpg en U S Navy MH-60S Seahawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron HSC 9 lands on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H W Bush CVN 77 in the Persian Gulf as the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson CVN 70 background pulls alongside Oct 18 2014 as the ships support Inherent Resolve The Carl Vinson relieved the George H W Bush in the U S 5th Fleet area of responsibility President Barack Obama authorized humanitarian aid deliveries to Iraq as well as targeted airstrikes to protect U S personnel from extremists known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant U S Central Command directed the operations 2014-10-18 MC3 Joshua Card http //www defenseimagery mil/imageRetrieve action guid 003879e34e36cf8d8d33d4fbf8724065ae3caa80 t 2 Public domain photograph from defenseimagery mil http //www defenseimagery mil/imagery html guid 003879e34e36cf8d8d33d4fbf8724065ae3caa80 141018-N-CZ979-004 2014-10-20 USS George H W Bush CVN 77 PD-USGov-Military-Navy MH-60S Seahawk USS Carl Vinson CVN-70 USS George H W Bush CVN-77 Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ Operation Inherent Resolve |