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The US Navy lost its first MQ-8B Fire Scout helicopter UAV to an operational accident In April an MQ-8B based on a 3,200-ton twin-hull LCS type vessel crashed on takeoff The UAV had either flight control software or mechanical problems and veered bac
SOUDA BAY, Greece - The Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50), operating as part of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Readiness Group (IWOARG), departed Souda Bay, Greece, May 30, after it’s three-day maintenance and logistics stop.,
In addition to aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan, CSG 5 consists of aircraft from the embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67), the Henry J. Kaiser-class underway replenishment oiler USNS Pecos (T-AO 197), and the Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Charles Drew
(T-AKE 10).
CSG 5 operated in international waters with JMSDF’s Hyuga-class helicopter destroyer JS Ise (DDH 182) to exercise maritime maneuvers, strengthen the U.S.-Japan alliance, and improve regional security.
“Operating at sea with our allies in the JMSDF ensures we can face a range of maritime challenges together, now and in the future,” said Rear Adm. Will Pennington, commander, Task Force 70, Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 5. “These operations have engaged our whole strike group and given our respective teams renewed confidence to meet our missions across the region.”
The Navy is now pushing the Littoral Combat Ships out into the Pacific in force after more than a decade of stops and starts and studies. Today, there are two LCS deployed to the western Pacific – USS Tulsa (LCS-16) and USS Charleston (LCS-18) . By the end of the year there’ll be four and […]