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Five aircraft fly in front of three columns of ships traveling in blue water.

Trilateral Travel

U.S. and French naval aircraft fly in formation with ships assigned to the U.S. Navy's Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group, the U.S. Military Sealift Command, the French Carrier Strike Group and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force in the Philippine Sea during Exercise Pacific Stellar 2025, Feb. 12, 2025. The exercise was designed to advance coordination and cooperation among French, Japanese and U.S. maritime forces and to foster maritime security in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.

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