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UPDATED: 3 U.S. Carrier Strike Groups to Exercise for 4 Days in the Sea of Japan

UPDATED: 3 U.S. Carrier Strike Groups to Exercise for 4 Days in the Sea of Japan

Top to bottom: USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71), USS Nimitz (CVN-68), USNI News Image

This post has been updated with a statement from U.S. 7th Fleet.

Three U.S. carrier strike groups will drill together – in the first tri-carrier operations in a decade off the Korean peninsula in the Sea of Japan, several sources confirmed to USNI News on Wednesday. Read More

UPDATED: 7 U.S. Aircraft Carriers Are Now Simultaneously Underway

UPDATED: 7 U.S. Aircraft Carriers Are Now Simultaneously Underway

Seven U.S. aircraft carriers are underway for the first time simultaneously in several years.
Top: USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71), USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74)
Center: USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)
Bottom: USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70), USS Nimitz (CVN-68), USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78). USNI News Image

This post has been updated with a statement from Commander of U.S. Naval Air Forces Vice Adm. Michael Shoemaker.

Seven out of 11 U.S. nuclear aircraft carriers are underway simultaneously for the first time in several years, USNI News has learned. Read More

Nimitz Strike Group Exits Persian Gulf; 3 U.S. Carrier Strike Groups Now Operating in 7th Fleet

Nimitz Strike Group Exits Persian Gulf; 3 U.S. Carrier Strike Groups Now Operating in 7th Fleet

USS Nimitz (CVN-68) and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG-72) patrol alongside each other, Oct. 20, 2017 in the Persian Gulf. US Navy Photo

Three U.S. carrier strike groups are now operating in U.S. 7th Fleet, after the strike group previously tasked with conducting air strikes against ISIS targets in Syria and Iraq has left the Persian Gulf en route to the Western Pacific, according to a statement from the Navy. Read More

Theodore Roosevelt Strike Group Deploys From San Diego

Theodore Roosevelt Strike Group Deploys From San Diego

USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) conducts an ammunition onload with the dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Matthew Perry (T-AKE-9) on Oct. 7, 2017. US Navy Photo

About 7,500 Sailors and Marines with the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group left San Diego Friday morning from San Diego for a scheduled deployment to the western Pacific and Middle East. Read More

E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Squadron Heading to Japan Next Month

E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Squadron Heading to Japan Next Month

An E-2D Hawkeye assigned to the Tigertails of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 125 taxis across the flight deck during flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt on Oct. 15, 2015. US Navy Photo

An E-2D Hawkeye assigned to the Tigertails of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 125 taxis across the flight deck during flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt on Oct. 15, 2015. US Navy Photo

The Navy is deploying a squadron Northrop Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes to Japan next month, the service announced on Thursday. Read More

Carrier Hull Swap Ends with Return of Last of 'The Three President's Crew'

Carrier Hull Swap Ends with Return of Last of ‘The Three President’s Crew’

Senior Chief Information Systems Technician Dan Boemmel is greeted by his daughter after returning home from a deployment around South America. Aircraft carrier on Jan. 15, 2016. US Navy Photo

Senior Chief Information Systems Technician Dan Boemmel is greeted by his daughter after returning home from a deployment around South America. Aircraft carrier on Jan. 15, 2016. US Navy Photo

CORONADO, Calif. – As her dad stepped off the chartered airplane, 5-year-old Ashley Boemmel could barely contain her joy. But with her mother’s urging, Ashley dashed across the tarmac at North Island Naval Air Station’s air terminal and ran into her father’s arms. Read More