USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) and the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (ABECSG)'s 2025-2026 Western Pacific deployment.
The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (ABECSG) is manned, trained, and equipped to deliver combat-ready naval forces to maintain peace through strength and sustain credible deterrence alongside our allies and partners. The ships and aircraft of ABECSG consist of more than 5,000 Sailors and Marines, who are highly trained, tested and certified in all warfare... read more
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) and the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (ABECSG)'s 2025-2026 Western Pacific deployment.
The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (ABECSG) is manned, trained, and equipped to deliver combat-ready naval forces to maintain peace through strength and sustain credible deterrence alongside our allies and partners. The ships and aircraft of ABECSG consist of more than 5,000 Sailors and Marines, who are highly trained, tested and certified in all warfare areas.
The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group consists of Abraham Lincoln, embarked staffs of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 3 and Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 21, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9, Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121) as the integrated air and missile defense commander, and Destroyer Squadron 21’s USS Spruance (DDG 111) and USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112).
CVW-9 is comprised of nine aircraft squadrons representing over 70 aircraft aboard Abraham Lincoln: two helicopter squadrons operating the MH-60R & MH-60S Seahawk; three F/A-18E/F Super Hornet squadrons; one EA-18G Growler squadron; one U.S. Marine Corps F-35C Lightning II squadron; one E-2D advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning squadron; and one CMV-22B Osprey squadron for carrier logistics. show less
