Airforces Monthly - February 2017

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US NAVY: USS DWIGHT D EISENHOWER Left: A maintenance team works on an M61A2 20mm cannon from a Super Hornet. Ioannis Lekkas Toting a mixed load of Joint Direct Attack Munitions, a ‘Swordsmen’ F/A-18F prepares to launch. US Navy/PO3C Nathan T. Beard “We can operate where and when we choose and take the fight to the enemy, whether it is in the Arabian Gulf or Mediterranean Sea” Rear Admiral James Malloy 60 FEBRUARY <strong>2017</strong> #347 www.airforcesmonthly.com
The carrier’s support of Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) from the Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf demonstrated the flexibility and capability of US naval forces to ‘posture’ as and when required. Beginning on June 28, Carrier Air Wing 3 (CVW-3) completed 1,685 combat sorties and expended 1,581 munitions from the Persian Gulf and Eastern Mediterranean Sea. On July 8, ‘Ike’ entered the 5th Fleet AOR to operate in the Persian Gulf. The carrier returned to the Mediterranean on December 4 after providing five months of air support in the fight against IS in the NAG. “The presence of the ‘Ike’ CSG in the Mediterranean demonstrates the capability of the US Navy to conduct precision strikes on ISIL [Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or Daesh] targets in support of Operation Inherent Resolve from multiple theatres,” explained Rear Admiral James Malloy, commander of CSG-10. “It highlights the mobility, flexibility, and power projection capability of the Navy’s globally deployed force. And with a mobile and sustainable warship like this aircraft carrier, and with our strike group cruisers and destroyers, we can operate where and when we choose and take the fight to the enemy, whether it is in the Arabian Gulf or Mediterranean Sea.” ‘Ike’ in the Med The ‘Ike’ deployment in the Mediterranean was unusual. For the past 13 years, until last June, air strikes against targets in Iraq and Syria had always been launched from carriers cruising in the Persian Gulf or Indian Ocean. The Mediterranean Sea was used only as a transit corridor to Suez and the 5th Fleet AOR. On June 3, the USS Harry S Truman (CVN 75) launched attacks against Daesh positions from the Mediterranean Sea, marking the first time a US Navy carrier had conducted combat operations from the 6th Fleet AOR since 2003. CSG-10 consists of the Eisenhower and the embarked CVW-3, the guided missile cruisers USS San Jacinto (CG 56) and USS Monterey (CG 61), and Destroyer Squadron 26 (DESRON 26) with its associated guided missile destroyers USS Roosevelt (DDG 80), USS Mason (DDG 87) and USS Nitze (DDG 94). CSG-10 brought capabilities to the US 6th Fleet area including strike, A VFA-86 ‘Sidewinders’ F/A-18E Super Hornet is marshalled into its launch position on the deck of the ‘Eisenhower’ during operations in the 6th Fleet AOR. US Navy/PO3C Robert J. Baldock www.airforcesmonthly.com #347 FEBRUARY <strong>2017</strong> 61
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