Monthly Archives: August 2021

  USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69)  – 1979 USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) known informally as “Ike”) is a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier currently in service with the United States Navy. Commissioned in 1977, the ship is the second of the ten Nimitz-class aircraft carriers currently in service, and is the first ship named after theContinue reading “USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69)”

By: Megan Eckstein    1 day ago 42   An MH-60R Sea Hawk from the “Blue Hawks” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 78 flies over Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) as Vinson sails in formation with Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS O’Kane (DDG 77) and USS Stockdale (DDG 106), July 11, 2021. Mass CommunicationContinue reading “Carl Vinson strike group using first deployment with F-35C, beefed-up air wing to hone advanced operations”

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August 9, 2021 11:22 AM • Updated: August 10, 2021 6:06 AM These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of Aug. 9, 2021, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects theContinue reading “USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Aug 9, 2021”

By: Mallory Shelbourne August 9, 2021 6:21 PM USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) successfully completes the third and final scheduled explosive event for Full Ship Shock Trials while underway in the Atlantic Ocean on Aug. 8, 2021. US Navy Photo The Navy’s newest aircraft carrier finished shock trial testing on Sunday after the service detonated theContinue reading “USS Gerald R. Ford Wraps Up Shock Trials Ahead of Maintenance Period, Deployment”