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The strategic landscape's evolution, marked by robust anti-access/area-denial (A2/AD) defenses from adversaries like China and Russia, challenges the U.S. Navy's reliance on its traditional, large aircraft carriers for power projection. Medium aircraft carriers could help.
This post is part of a series looking back at the top naval stories from 2022. This year saw the U.S. Navy trying to balance its focus on presence in the Indo-Pacific region with the need for ongoing deterrence missions in Europe amid Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. With a steady warship presence in U.S. 6th […]
During naval exercises in March and April, the US operated F-35B Lightning II jets from an amphibious assault carrier for the first time.
The USS Tripoli had 20 of the fifth-generation aircraft on board conducting flight operations during a recent demonstration.
Aboard The Marine's First F-35B-Packed 'Lightning Carrier' The Marines turned USS Tripoli into a 'Lightning Carrier' packed with over 20 F-35Bs. We were...