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US Navy F-35C, P-8A, E-2C, C-2, MH-60R & H-72A in Aerial Photo Op with USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000).

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Naval Forces News - USA

US Navy F-35C, P-8A, E-2C, C-2, MH-60R & H-72A in Aerial Photo Op with USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000)

The U.S. Navy released a series of pictures showing several aircraft types flying close to the destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000). This aerial photo exercise comes just a few days after the commissioning of the U.S. Navy's newest and most technologically advanced warship.

CHESAPEAKE BAY, Md. -- An F-35C attached to the F-35 Patuxent River Integrated Test Force (ITF) assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 completes a flyover of the guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) following completion of a test flight near Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, Oct. 17. Zumwalt was commissioned in Baltimore, Maryland, Oct. 15 and is en route to its new home port of San Diego, California. (Photo by U.S. Navy)

Zumwalt, the lead ship of a class of next-generation multi-mission destroyers, features a state-of-the-art electric propulsion system, wave-piercing tumblehome hull, stealth design, and the latest warfighting technology and weaponry available. Link to Zumwalt class technical datasheet

CHESAPEAKE BAY, Md. -- A P-8A Poseidon assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 20 flies over USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) as the ship travels to its new home port of San Diego, California, Oct. 17. Zumwalt was commissioned in Baltimore, Maryland, Oct. 15 and is the first in a three-ship class of the Navy's newest, most technologically advanced multi-mission guided-missile destroyers. (U.S. Navy photo)

CHESAPEAKE BAY, Md. -- An E-2C Hawkeye and a C-2A Greyhound assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 20 fly over USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) as the ship travels to its new home port of San Diego, California. Zumwalt was commissioned in Baltimore, Maryland, Oct. 15 and is the first in a three-ship class of the Navy's newest, most technologically advanced multi-mission guided-missile destroyers. (U.S. Navy photo)

CHESAPEAKE BAY, Md. -- An MH-60R assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (HX) 21 flies near USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) as the ship travels to its new home port of San Diego, California, Oct. 17. Zumwalt was commissioned in Baltimore, Maryland, Oct. 15 and is the first in a three-ship class of the Navy's newest, most technologically advanced multi-mission guided-missile destroyers. (U.S. Navy photo)

CHESAPEAKE BAY, Md. -- An H-72A assigned to U.S. Naval Test Pilot School flies near USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) as the ship travels to its new home port of San Diego, California, Oct. 17. Zumwalt was commissioned in Baltimore, Maryland, Oct. 15 and is the first in a three-ship class of the Navy's newest, most technologically advanced multi-mission guided-missile destroyers. (U.S. Navy photo)

NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. – The MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft completed its 100th flight Oct. 17 from NAS Patuxent River, Md. Triton flew over the newly commissioned USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) while it traveled across the Chesapeake Bay. When fully operational, Triton will provide 24/7 intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance for the U.S. Navy's surface ships.