200529-N-BD352-0012 ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 29, 2020) An F/A-18F Super Hornet, assigned to the �Red Rippers� of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 11, launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) in the Atlantic Ocean, May 29, 2020. The flight operations were part of a U.S. Northern Command-led, large-scale homeland defense exercise. U.S. Northern Command's top priority is homeland defense, and leading complex multi-combatant command operations across multiple domains demonstrates USNORTHCOM�S readiness to defend the homeland regardless of COVID-19. The high-end homeland defense exercises are being executed by the USS Harry S. Truman carrier strike group. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Isaac Esposito/Released)