PHILIPPINE SEA (Jan. 22, 2022) Aircraft assigned to Carrier Air Wing
(CVW) 2, CVW 9 and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) fly over the Philippine Sea as
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), Nimitz-class aircraft carrier US Abraham
Lincoln (CVN 72), JMSDF Hyuga-class helicopter destroyer J Hyuga (DDH 181), America-class
amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), Wasp-class landing helicopter dock USS Essex
(HD 2), Arleigh Burke -class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111), Ticonderoga-
class guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53), Arleigh Burke -class guided-missile
destroyer USS Chafe (DDG 90), Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley (DDG
101) and Ticonderoga -class guided-missile cruiser US Lake Champlain (CG 57) transit the
Philip pine Sea Jan. 22, 2022. Operating as part of U.S. Pacific Fleet, units assigned to Carl Vinson and Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Groups, America and Essex Amphibious Ready Groups alongside Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, are conducting training to preserve and protect a free and open Indo-Pacific region.
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Credit: Seaman Apprentice Joshua Sapien
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