An U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier aircraft assigned to Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 542 sits on an aircraft elevator in the hangar bay aboard amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) while under way in the Philippine Sea Sept. 10, 2012. Bonhomme Richard was the lead ship of the forward-deployed amphibious ready group and was operating in the 7th Fleet area of operations.