An E-2C Hawkeye aircraft assigned to Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 125 lands on the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) during Malabar 2012 in the Indian Ocean April 11, 2012.
Malabar is a regularly scheduled joint naval field training exercise conducted with the Indian Navy to advance multinational maritime relationships and mutual security issues. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist Apprentice Andrew K. Haller, U.S. Navy) Original public domain image from Flickr