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USS Theodore Roosevelt Aircraft Carrier Completes Its 250,000th Trap Landing

Commander Brandon Miller, operations officer of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11, marked this achievement by landing an F/A-18F Super Hornet on the carrier’s flight deck. Miller emphasized the global ...
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VAW-117 E-2D Hawkeye Spotted with Kill Markings from Last Year's Middle East Deployment

The markings underline the Hawkeye's critical role in the defense against drones and missiles during the events in the Middle ...
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The USS Abraham Lincoln Supercarrier Is About to Deploy—but There’s a Catch

The US Navy is rushing to deploy more carriers across multiple theatres as it grapples with delayed construction timelines and a shortage of available carriers. The United States Navy's Nimitz-class ...
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USS Lincoln’s Carrier Air Wing Trains as Joint Force with New Simulators at Sea

USS Abraham Lincoln deployed with the new Simulators at Sea developed by NAWCAD to allow the Carrier Air Wing to continue training as a joint fighting force while deployed. The USS Abraham Lincoln ...
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U.S. will maintain two-aircraft carrier presence in Middle East 'for now,' in move to protect American forces, defend Israel

WASHINGTON — For the first time in a long time, the United States now has two Navy aircraft carriers on station in the Middle East. How long that remains the case is uncertain. USS Abraham Lincoln ...
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Aircraft Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln Is Headed to the Red Sea

Summary and Key Points: The USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) is on its way to the Red Sea to relieve the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) as part of the U.S. Navy’s ongoing carrier rotations in the Middle ...