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USS Gerald R. Ford conducts dual carrier ops with USS Harry S. Truman

Posted on June 5, 2020June 5, 2020 by alert5

The Ford-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) and the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) transit the Atlantic Ocean June 4, 2020, marking the first time a Ford-class and a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier operated together underway. Ford is underway conducting integrated air wing operations, and the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group remains at sea in the Atlantic as a certified carrier strike group force ready for tasking in order to protect the crew from the risks posed by COVID-19, following their successful deployment to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of operation. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Riley McDowell)

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USS Theodore Roosevelt back in Guam

Posted on June 4, 2020June 4, 2020 by alert5

USS Theodore Roosevelt returned to Naval Base Guam on Jun. 3 and some 800 sailors have also checked out of their hotels in Guam to return to the aircraft carrier.

200515-N-TC338-1860 NAVAL BASE GUAM (May 15, 2020) The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) is moored pier side at Naval Base Guam May 15, 2020. Theodore Roosevelt’s COVID-negative crew returned from quarantine beginning on April 29 and is making preparations to return to sea to continue their scheduled deployment to the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Conner D. Blake)

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Boeing delivers first F/A-18E Blue Angel test jet

Posted on June 4, 2020June 4, 2020 by alert5

Boeing has delivered the first Super Hornet test aircraft for the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angel flight demonstration squadron. The jet is now at NAS Patuxent River.

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First captive carry flight of AARGM-ER on Super Hornet

Posted on June 4, 2020June 4, 2020 by alert5

NAVAIR says the first captive carry flight test of an Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile – Extended Range (AARGM-ER) missile on the Super Hornet has occurred on Jun. 1.

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CVW 8 conducts flight operations with inert ordnance aboard USS Gerald R. Ford

Posted on June 3, 2020June 3, 2020 by alert5

F/A-18Es assigned to CVW-8 are now operating aboard USS Gerald R. Ford with inert ordnance. The ship’s captain, Capt. J.J. Cummings, said 40,000 pounds of inert weapons were moved via the ship’s lower stage weapons elevator (LSWE).

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