Two U.S. Navy E/A 18-G Growlers and one P-8A Poseidon, two Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-2 Viper Zeros, two French navy Rafales and an Airbus A330 multi role tanker transport fly in formation over the Philippine Sea during a French PEGASE mission for an aerial interaction, July 19, 2024. U.S. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy's largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo)