Lightning II aircraft assigned to the "Rough Raiders" of Strike Fighter Squadron 125 (VFA-125) are launched with F/A-18 Hornets during integrated flight operations in support of VFA-147 Safe-For Flight Operations Certification aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). PACIFIC OCEAN 12.09.2018 U.S. Navy
Ships enter Pearl Harbor June 26, 2018 in preparation for Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise. In order, the four ships are: French Navy frigate FS Prairial (F731), Royal Australian Navy multi-product replenishment oiler HMAS Success (OR 304), Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer helicopter shipMaritime Self-Defense Force (DDH 182), and…
03/03/18: AV-8B Harrier’s with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Aviation Combat Element and F/A-18E/F Super Hornet from nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson’s (CVN 70) perform a fly over above the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), Jan. 20, 2018. [maxgallery id="104127"] The 15th MEU and America Amphibious Ready…
06/05/2017: Navy Strike Group Training in the Pacific SEA OF JAPAN (June 1, 2017) The Carl Vinson strike group, including USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2, guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) and guided-missile destroyers USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) and USS Michael Murphy (DDG…
07/27/2015:USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), USS Gridley (DDG 101) and KD Lekir (FSG 26) participate in a PASSEX exercise, aimed at developing and expanding bi-lateral exercises with the Malaysian Royal Navy. Carl Vinson Strike group isseen deployed to the 7th Fleet area of operation supporting security and stability in the…
05/05/2015:Aircraft assigned to Carrier Air Wing 17 conduct flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) in the U.S. 5th area of responsibility. The Carl Vinson Strike Group is deployed to the area supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, conducting maritime security operations in Iraq and Syria as directed,…
04/22/2015: Aircraft assigned to Carrier Air Wing 17 conduct the final flight operations in direct support of Operation Inherent Resolve aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the area supporting Operation…
04/22/2015: The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) sails alongside USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Theodore Roosevelt is deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations supporting Operation Inherent Resolve conducting maritime security operations, strike operations in Iraq and Syria as directed, and theater security cooperation efforts.…
