![]() ![]() Over six days, the J-15 fighters aboard the CNS Liaoning conducted more than a hundred sorties near Okinawa.Īt the time, Japan dispatched the JS Izumo helicopter carrier, the largest warship in the Japanese navy since the Second World War, to monitor China’s naval and air activities in the area. In May 2022, the aircraft carrier crossed the Miyako Strait to the Western Pacific with a smaller escort. This is the second time this year that the Liaoning carrier battle group sails in the vicinity of Japan. Williams (DDG 95), USS Stout (DDG 55) and USS Truxtun (DDG 103).China’s increased presence in blue waters The Liaoning aircraft carrier and its escort (Shutterstock / Tik Tok) Eisenhower, with CVW-3 embarked Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruisers USS San Jacinto (CG 56) and USS Vella Gulf (CG 72) and Arleigh Burke-class destroyers USS James E. The Eisenhower CSG has been deployed for more than six months, having departed the East Coast on Jan. Kirk, includes Nimitz and its embarked carrier air wing, CVW-17 Destroyer Squadron 9, the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59) and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Sterett (DDG 104) and USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114). The Nimitz CSG also participated in exercises with the Indian Navy in the Indian Ocean while en route to the North Arabian Sea.Īccording to a Navy release, the Nimitz CSG, commanded by Rear Adm. ![]() The CSG participated in dual-CSG operations with the USS Theodore Roosevelt and USS Ronald Reagan CSGs and operated in the South China Sea. The Nimitz departed its West Coast homeport on April 27 but remained in the Eastern Pacific its COMPTUEX before turning west in June. Traditionally, until recently, a CSG would get a homeport period of a month or so for crew leave and final deployment.īy combining a COMPTUEX and a deployment on the same at-sea period, the Navy introduces more flexibility and less predictability in deployments, in the spirit of the Dynamic Force Employment concept.Īnother benefit is that the CSG reduces risk of infection by COVID-19 of its crew during the period between COMPTUEX and deployment. The COMPTUEX is a final exam for a CSG prior to deployment. The Nimitz CSG, like the Eisenhower CSG before it, participated in a Competitive Unit Training Exercise (COMPTUEX) and departed coastal waters on deployment without the normal post-exercise return to port prior to deployment. 5th Fleet area of responsibility on July 24, where its strike group is relieving the USS Eisenhower carrier strike group (CSG). The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and its escorting ships arrived in the U.S. NAVY / Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Keenan DanielsĪRLINGTON, Va. Nimitz is underway conducting composite training unit exercise. Aircraft from Nimitz Carrier Strike Group fly in formation over the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) while an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the Battle Cats of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 73. ![]()
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