IONIAN SEA (May 4, 2019) F/A-18 Super Hornets from "Fist of the Fleet" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 25 and the "Sidewinders" of VFA-86 launch and recover on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) to conduct close air support exercise with the U.S. Air Force 603rd Air Control Squadron and the Romanian Air Force. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Shane Bryan/Released)
Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7, attached to the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (ABECSG), and A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress, part of a Bomber Task Force assigned to the 20th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, conducted joint operations in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, June 1.
The “Patriots” of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 140 executed an airborne change of command several hundred feet above the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), May 30.
The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (ABECSG) and the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (KSGARG), with the embarked 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conducted joint operations May 17-18.
The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (ABECSG) and the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (KSGARG), with the embarked 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conducted joint operations.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military representatives from the European theater visited the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), flagship of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (CSG), May 7, 2019.
The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (ABECSG) and components of its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7, along with the U.S. Air Force 603rd Air Control Squadron and the British and Lithuanian Special Operations and Air Forces, participated in a close air support (CAS) exercise in Lithuanian airspace, May 6, 2019.
The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (CSG) and components of its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7, along with the U.S. Air Force 603rd Air Control Squadron, completed a close air support (CAS) exercise with Romanian partners, May 3-5, 2019.
