3 Carrier Exercise in Western Pacific

11/15/2017
11/15/2017: For the first time in a decade, three U.S. Navy Carrier Strike Groups (CSGs) coordinated operations in the Indo-Asia-Pacific. The USS Nimitz (CVN 68), USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), and USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) Strike Groups staged a complex series of air and sea exercises with Japan. According…

3 Carrier Exercise in Western Pacific (2)

11/15/2017
11/14/17 WESTERN PACIFIC (Nov. 12, 2017) USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) and USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Strike Groups are underway and conducting operations in international waters as part of a three-carrier strike force exercise. 3 Carrier Exercise in Western Pacific (2) from SldInfo.com on Vimeo.…

USS Carl Vinson Operations at Sea 2

12/29/2014
12/29/2014: In the first three photos, an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter from the Battle Cats of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 73 lifts off from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17,…

F-35C Carrier Tests: A Photo and Video Album

11/11/2014
11/08/2014: The initial carrier tests of the F-35 have begun aboard the USS Nimitz. It is clear from our visit to Fallon and our discussion with the head of Naval Warfare that the Navy leadership is getting ready to welcome the F-35 and to leverage the asset to work more…

USS Nimitz and USS Mount Whitney Operations in the Med

12/23/2013
12/23/2013: In this slideshow, the USS Nimitz and the USS Mount Whitney are seen operating in the Mediterranean. [slidepress gallery='uss-nimitz-operations-in-the-med']  Credit: Defense Imagery Management Operations Center:10/24/13 In the first photo, the U.S. 6th Fleet command ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), foreground, and the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68)…