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Yahoo
5 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Truman, strike group begin homecomings from Red Sea deployment
The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group will return in the coming days from its nine-month deployment, with the Truman itself returning Sunday. The carrier group includes the USS Gettysburg, USS Stout, USS Jason Dunham, and Carrier Air Wing 1. Carrier Air Wing 1, with its nine embarked squadrons, will return from Thursday to Saturday, while the USS Stout will return Sunday, along with the Truman, according to a news release issued Thursday. The Truman shipped out for the Red Sea to beef up U.S. forces combatting the Houthi rebels in Yemen in September Its deployment was extended in March. The deployment had made headlines repeatedly. The carrier collided with a merchant vessel near Egypt, a F-18 Super Hornet fell overboard during an attack by the Houthis, and the USS Gettysburg mistakenly shot down another Super Hornet in December .
Yahoo
27-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
USS Truman conducted largest airstrike in Navy history, official says
The U.S. Navy's Carrier Air Wing 1 engaged in the largest maritime strike in Navy aviation history in terms of bomb tonnage earlier this year, a defense official confirmed to Military Times. On Feb. 1, the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman launched 27 F/A-18 Super Hornets as part of a coordinated airstrike against Islamic State operatives in Somalia in collaboration with the federal government of Somalia, a defense official with knowledge of the strike said. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the matter. Sixteen aircraft dropped 124,000 pounds of ordnance on targets in less than two minutes. 'The joint airstrikes targeted senior ISIS-Somalia leadership in a series of cave complexes approximately 50 miles southeast of Bosaso,' U.S. Africa Command said in a Feb. 11 statement. 'The command's current assessment is that approximately 14 ISIS-Somalia operatives were killed and no civilians were harmed.' Navy relieves CO of USS Harry S. Truman following collision Among those killed was Ahmed Maeleninine, an ISIS recruiter and operations leader who led efforts to deploy jihadists into the U.S. and Europe, according to the statement. Past large-scale U.S. airstrikes, like those conducted during Operation Desert Storm, involved multiple aircraft carriers and air wings, which would fly joint missions, said the defense official. But the Feb. 1 strike was unique in that it was conducted by a single air wing. The Truman arrived in the Red Sea on Dec. 14, 2024, to provide combat support against Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who've conducted missile and drone strikes against shipping and military vessels in the region since November 2023. While there, Carrier Air Wing 1, composed of eight embarked squadrons aboard the Truman, took part in operations striking over 1,100 targets, the defense official said. The strikes killed hundreds of Houthi fighters and multiple senior Houthi officials, according to the official. Specifically, Carrier Air Wing 1 flew over 13,000 sorties and used over 770 weapons and 1.1 million pounds of ordnance. The Truman left the Red Sea earlier this month for its homeport of Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, according to reports, several weeks after President Donald Trump called off a nearly two-month-long airstrike campaign against Yemen's Houthi rebels. Still, the carrier was marred by several mishaps during its deployment in the Red Sea, including the loss of three F/A-18 Super Hornets, which cost at least $67.4 million each, according to Naval Air Systems Command. One jet was shot down by friendly fire from the guided missile cruiser Gettysburg in December. Two jets fell overboard, one in April while being towed in the carrier's hangar bay and the other less than two weeks later after a failed landing. The carrier also collided Feb. 13 with a civilian merchant vessel in the Mediterranean Sea near Port Said, Egypt. The Navy, as a result, relieved the commanding officer of his duties.
Shafaq News
28-04-2025
- Politics
- Shafaq News
US Navy jet fell into Red Sea hours after Houthi claim
Shafaq News/ A US Navy fighter jet and a tow tractor fell into the Red Sea during operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, the Navy announced on Monday. According to an official statement, the F/A-18E Super Hornet, assigned to Carrier Air Wing 1, was being towed inside the hangar bay when control was lost, sending both the aircraft and the tow tractor overboard. All personnel were accounted for, with one sailor sustaining a minor injury. An investigation into the incident is underway. The Navy also confirmed that the USS Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group remains fully capable of carrying out its missions. The group includes the flagship USS Harry S. Truman, nine squadrons from Carrier Air Wing 1, three guided-missile destroyers from Destroyer Squadron 28, and the Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS Gettysburg. Earlier today, Yemen's Houthi movement announced it had targeted the USS Harry S. Truman and its escort ships during operations in the Red Sea. Since the outbreak of the Gaza war on October 7, Houthi forces have launched multiple missile and drone attacks toward Israel and commercial vessels in the Red Sea, declaring support for Palestinians amid the conflict between Israel and Hamas. The US military campaign, launched on March 15, 2025, aims to deter Houthi attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.
