Watch a fully loaded US Navy Harrier launch off an amphibious assault ship for strikes against ISIS
Emmanuel Ramos/US Marine Corps
A time-lapse picture of US Navy Harrier jets.
The Kearsarge was assisting the US Navy's 5th Fleet, whose area of operations encompasses about 2.5 million square miles of the Middle East and includes the Arabian Gulf, Red Sea, Gulf of Oman, Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea and parts of the Indian Ocean, on November 1.
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US Navy/Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Jose E. Ponce
The USS Kearsarge.
"We will continue to work with our coalition partners to drive ISIL out of Iraq and Syria," said commanding officer Col. Brian T. Koch, of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, whose aviation combat unit is aboard the Kearsarge, according to the Navy press release.
Watch clips of the fully loaded Harrier jets taking off from the Kearsarge below:
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