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CAG CVW 1 achieves 1,200 arrested landing

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Capt. Robert Gentry, commander, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 1 completed his 1,200th career arrested landing in the Arabian Sea Feb. 1, 2020.

200201-N-N0874-1002 ARABIAN SEA (Feb. 1, 2020) Cmdr. Kenneth Hockycko, commanding officer of the “Fighting Checkmates” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 211, left, shakes hands with Capt. Robert Gentry, commander, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 1, on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) after Gentry’s 1,200th career arrested landing in the Arabian Sea Feb. 1, 2020. The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points. (Courtesy photo by Lt. Frank Bonner)

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USN orders 2 more MQ-4 Tritons

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Northrop Grumman has secured a $172 million contract to supply two MQ-4 Triton unmanned air systems for the U.S. Navy.

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ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam (Jan. 12, 2020) An MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system (UAS) taxis after landing at Andersen Air Force Base for a deployment as part of an early operational capability (EOC) to further develop the concept of operations and fleet learning associated with operating a high-altitude, long-endurance system in the maritime domain. Unmanned Patrol Squadron (VUP) 19, the first Triton UAS squadron, will operate and maintain two aircraft in Guam under Commander, Task Force (CTF) 72, the U.S. Navy’s lead for patrol, reconnaissance and surveillance forces in U.S. 7th Fleet. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ryan Brooks)

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Modly: “we will all be dead” when the USN reach a force level of 12 aircraft carriers

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Acting U.S. Navy Secretary Thomas B. Modly told the crowd at a session organized by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments that the service will not be able to reach a force level of 12 aircraft carriers until 2065.

USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) and USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) to Naval Station Norfolk on 22 September 2017 (170922-N-GK939-052)
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Lindsay A. Preston [Public domain]

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