Ships of the UK Carrier Strike Group, USS Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group, and Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group operate in formation in the Gulf of Aden, July 12. Photo: US Navy.
19Forty-Five: The U.S. Navy and Royal Navy Just Showed Off What Three Aircraft Carriers Can Do
The late President Ronald Reason and First Lady Nancy Reagan first met Great Britain’s Queen Elizabeth at Windsor Castle in June 1982, and the pair developed a close relationship after bonding over their mutual love of horses. The Queen later granted Reagan an honorary knighthood in 1989.
This week, the two aircraft carriers named in honor of the heads of state met up in the Gulf of Aden. HMS Queen Elizabeth had completed a transit of the Suez Canal as part of her maiden voyage that will take the flagship of the Royal Navy to more than forty countries over the next several months.
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), along with Carrier Air Wing 5 (CVW-5) and her escorts, departed the homeport of Yokosuka, Japan last month. The carrier is on a rare deployment to the Middle East, supporting the U.S. military’s withdrawal from Afghanistan. It marks the first time a Japan-based strike group and air wing operated in the region since the former USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) was deployed to the Persian Gulf to cover the early stages of the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
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WNU Editor: A lot of firepower in this aircraft carrier strike group.
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One sub will all it takes under the sea
Sub has advantage
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