Aviation

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: July 15, 2024

USNI News Graphic

These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of July 15, 2024, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship.

Ships Underway

Total Battle Force DeployedUnderway
297
(USS 236, USNS 61)		103
(USS 71, USNS 32)		76
(49 Deployed, 28 Local)

In the South China Sea

Sailors man the rails...

https://news.usni.org/2024/07/15/usni-news-fleet-and-marine-tracker-july-15-2024

USNI News Photo Gallery: USS Dwight D. Eisenhower is Back

NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Va. – The following are photos from the return of aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) from its almost nine-month deployment to the Middle East. The carrier and the embarked Carrier Air Wing 3 returned beginning with the first aircraft arriving at Naval Station Oceana, Va., on Friday. Eisenhower arrived on Sunday.

Sailors aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) on July 14, 2024, march in formation preparing to man the rails on the return to Naval Station...

https://news.usni.org/2024/07/14/usni-news-photo-gallery-uss-dwight-d-eisenhower-is-back

Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln Leaves on Deployment, USS Theodore Roosevelt Now in the Middle East

USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) departing San Diego, Calif., on July 11, 2024. Photo via Warshipcam on X

With no fanfare, aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) left San Diego Bay Thursday to begin a planned Pacific deployment, Navy officials confirmed to USNI News.
Ship spotters saw Lincoln depart its berth at Naval Air Station North Island, Calif., on Thursday

Now off the coast of California, Lincoln will embark aircraft from Carrier Air Wing 9 and serve as the flag ship for Carrier Strike...

https://news.usni.org/2024/07/12/carrier-uss-abraham-lincoln-leaves-on-deployment-uss-theodore-roosevelt-now-in-the-middle-east

China Sends Record Number of Military Aircraft to Drill Near Taiwan, Japan Releases Report on Helicopter Accident

A People’s Liberation Army Navy bomber off the coast of Taiwan on July 10, 2024. Taiwan MND Photo

China surged 66 military aircraft near Taiwan over Wednesday and Thursday ­– the largest sortie for this year, according to the Taiwan Ministry of National Defense. Fifty-six aircraft crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait and of those 36 People’s Liberation Army Navy’s drilled with the Shandong Carrier Strike Group, according to MND.

The aircraft and seven Chinese warships were seen from 6...

https://news.usni.org/2024/07/11/china-sends-record-number-of-military-aircraft-to-drill-near-taiwan-japan-releases-report-on-helicopter-accident

DIA Report on Iranian Weapons Smuggled to the Houthis

The following is the July 10, 2024, Defense Intelligence Agency report, Seized at Sea: Iranian Weapons Smuggled to the Houthis.

From the report

This product provides a visual comparison of Iranian weapons and weapon components interdicted in transit to the Houthis in Yemen on 11 and 28 January 2024. Photographs of missiles displayed by the Iranians—as well as debris acquired from previous Houthi attacks, compared with those of the interdicted materiel—strongly indicate their Iranian origin....

https://news.usni.org/2024/07/11/dia-report-on-iranian-weapons-smuggled-to-the-houthis

Secretary of State Blinken Promises F-16s for Ukraine by Summer

Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft sits parked on flight line at MacDill Air Force Base, Sept. 8, 2021. US Air Force Photo

F-16 fighter aircraft will be flying over Ukraine this summer, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Wednesday as the 75th NATO’s summit got underway.

The fighters will be coming from the Netherlands and Denmark, Blinken said. On the ground, new Patriot and tactical air defense systems will be in place to protect cities and critical infrastructure like power...

https://news.usni.org/2024/07/10/secretary-of-state-blinken-promises-f-16s-for-ukraine-by-summer

Marines Experiment with Next-Generation Logistics During ‘Valiant Shield’ 

Sgt. Colby Pedersen, an air traffic controller with the Marine Air Control Squadron 1 Marine Air Traffic Control Mobile Team (MMT), Marine Air Control Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, controls an F-22 Raptor with the U.S. Air Force 27th Fighter Squadron, as it conducts a low approach onto Runway 09 at Palau International Airport, Arai, Palau, June 12, 2024. Marine Corps Photo

How to meet the logistics needs of Marines and sailors in an Indo-Pacific conflict is a major question in how the U.S....

https://news.usni.org/2024/07/10/marines-experiment-with-next-generation-logistics-during-valiant-shield

Chinese Carrier Strike Group Operating in Philippine Sea

China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy Shandong Carrier Strike Group. JSDF Photo

China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy Shandong Carrier Strike Group is now operating in the Philippine Sea, marking the first time this year that the aircraft carrier has deployed outside of the South China Sea.
The last deployment to the Philippine Sea was in October and November of last year. A joint PLAN-Russian Navy patrol is also currently operating in the Philippine Sea, while Russia also dispatched two...

https://news.usni.org/2024/07/09/chinese-carrier-strike-group-operating-in-philippine-sea

Overhaul Delays for USS George Washington, USS John C. Stennis Partially Due to Unknown Steam Turbine Damage

USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) is moved to an outfitting berth at Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Virginia, April 8, 2024. US Navy Photo

Extensive delays to the mid-life refueling and complex overhauls of two nuclear-powered aircraft carriers were due to damage to the steam turbines that power the ship, USNI News has learned.
According to Naval Sea Systems Command, “significant damage” to the generators aboard both USS George Washington (CVN-73) and USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) added...

https://news.usni.org/2024/07/08/overhaul-delays-for-uss-george-washington-uss-john-c-stennis-partially-due-to-unknown-steam-turbine-damage

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