USS
Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) and USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) began dual-carrier
sustainment and qualification operations on August 29 in the western Atlantic
Ocean.
“By training and
operating together, the USS Harry S. Truman and USS Abraham Lincoln strike
groups enhance combat readiness and interoperability, and also demonstrate the
inherent flexibility and scalability of carrier strike groups,” Harry S. Truman
Carrier Strike Group Commander Rear Adm. Gene Black explained.
The operations include
a war-at-sea exercise (WASEX), with scenarios testing the readiness of involved
units to carry out strike and air operations as well as formation
steaming.
These evolutions
provide both carriers, with embarked air wings and accompanying surface ships,
the opportunity to operate in close proximity and coordinate maneuvers
cooperatively, according to the navy.
“The training conducted
with Harry S. Truman Strike Group enabled us to increase our lethality and
tactical proficiency. It also demonstrated our navy’s ability to achieve and
maintain sea control,” Abraham Lincoln Strike Group Commander Rear Adm. John
Wade said.
Participating in the
exercise are the embarked air wings of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7 and CVW-1, as
well as select surface assets from CSG-8 and CSG-12.
Harry S. Truman deployed on April 11, 2018, and
is currently deployed conducting operations in the Atlantic Ocean.
Abraham Lincoln is underway in the Atlantic Ocean
with Carrier Strike Group 12 conducting Operational Test-1 (OT1) for the F-35C
Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter.
