USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) and USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) with the respective Strike Groups began dual-carrier sustainment and qualification operations on August 29, 2018 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. The opportunity to conduct complex, multi-unit training better prepares USA to answer at nation’s call to carry out a full range of missions, at anytime, anywhere around the globe.
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.
Participating in the exercise are the embarked air wings of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7 and 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.
Source and images: US Navy Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Brian M. Brooks/Released