An E-2C Hawkeye, assigned to the "Black Eagles" of Airborne Early Warning Squadron 113, prepares to land on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan during flight operations. The Hawkeye provides all-weather airborne early warning, airborne battle management and command and control functions for the carrier strike group and joint force commander. The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility. Operating in the Western Pacific and Indian Ocean, the U.S. 7th Fleet is the largest of the forward-deployed U.S. fleets covering 52 million square miles, with approximately 50 ships, 120 aircraft and 20,000 Sailors and Marines assigned at any given time.