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When the USS Harry S. Truman operated in a rare three-carrier exercise with French and Italian counterparts last week, its flight deck teams had a chance to test with planes they don’t usually see.

A US Navy (USN) carrier strike group (CSG) was successfully placed under NATO command for the first time since the end of the Cold War during the recently concluded exercise ‘Neptune Strike 2022' in the Mediterranean Sea. ‘Neptune Strike 22'...

Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO) and US Sixth Fleet (SIXTHFLT) concluded the NATO-led activity Neptune Strike 2022 on 4 February.

It is the first time since the Cold War the US has transferred CSG control to the alliance, as Russia on brink of Ukraine invasion

It will be the first time this year that nuclear-powered aircraft carriers from two navies operate together.

U.S. and NATO officials said that the Russian military was shadowing U.S. ships participating in a multinational exercise in the Adriatic Sea, adding that “outside observance” wasn’t unusual and not necessarily related to rising tensions over Ukraine.

The French Navy’s Charles de Gaulle Carrier Strike Group left today for its Clemenceau 22 deployment, which will last until April and take the CSG to the Mediterranean. Task Force 473 is built around aircraft carrier FS Charles de Gaulle (R 91) and includes European Union, NATO and French partner nations during the deployment. French […]

Truman’s presence while under NATO command is a strong signal of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s unity in response to any Russian moves, Stoltenberg told an online forum of The Atlantic Council.

Meanwhile, six Russian amphibious ships from the Baltic and Northern Fleets, are heading towards the Mediterranean.

The USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier strike group is bound for the Mediterranean amid tensions between the West and Russia.