Aircraft assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2, CVW 9 and Japan Maritime
Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) fly over their associated ships in formation
during a transit of
the Philippine Sea.
The ships in the formation are...
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).
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.
U.S. Navy video by Seaman
Apprentice Joshua Sapien January 22, 2022