Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group Deploys With Marine F-35C
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) departed on a scheduled deployment with the first Marine Corps unit to fly F-35C Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters embarked aboard the carrier. The Nimitz-class Abraham Lincoln pulled out of its homeport in San Diego, Calif., shortly before 9 a.m. local time. The carrier strike group includes guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG-53), Carrier Air Wing Nine and guided-missile destroyers USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62), USS Gridley (DDG-101), USS Sampson (DDG-102) and USS Spruance (DDG-111). Carrier Air Wing Nine includes eight squadrons: the “Tophatters” of Strike Fighter Squadron 14, flying F/A-18E Super Hornets; the “Black Aces” of Strike Fighter
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F-35C Lightning II conducts Operational Test-1 aboard USS Abraham Lincoln
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First USMC F-35C deploys with US Navy Wing
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F-35C Aviators Carrier Qualify Aboard USS Abraham Lincoln - USNI News
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First Operational Deployment for US Navy's CMV-22B and F-35C - Naval News
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US Carrier Deploys for First Time Under Command of Female Captain
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USS Abraham Lincoln operating in Sea of Japan following North Korea missile tests
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Abraham Lincoln Carrier Group Departs San Diego on Scheduled Deployment - Times of San Diego