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A helicopter hovers above two sailors on the flight deck of a ship.

Flight Operations

A Polish navy search and rescue PZL W-3T helicopter conducts flight operations with the guided missile destroyer USS Porter during a cooperative exercise in the Baltic Sea, March 14, 2023. Porter is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by the U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

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