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Carrier Strike Group 2 (CSG-2 or COMCARSTRKGRU 2) is a U.S. Navy carrier strike group, tracing its history originally to 1931. The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower is the strike group's current flagship. As of Aug 2020, other units assigned to Carrier Strike Group 2 included the nine squadrons of Carrier Air Wing Three; the Ticonderoga ...
A carrier strike group (CSG) is a type of carrier battle group of the United States Navy. [1] It is an operational formation composed of roughly 7,500 personnel, usually an aircraft carrier , at least one cruiser , a destroyer squadron of at least two destroyers or frigates , [ 2 ] and a carrier air wing of 65 to 70 aircraft.
The UK Carrier Strike Group (UKCSG) is a carrier battle group of the Royal Navy.It has existed in various forms since the mid-2000s. [1] [2] Between 2006 and 2011, the formation centred around the Royal Navy's Invincible-class aircraft carriers until the retirement of their Harrier GR9 strike aircraft in 2011 as a result of the Strategic Defence and Security Review.
A US Navy commander who oversaw most of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group's eight-month deployment in the Red Sea said officers had suggested more aggressive strikes on the Houthis ...
Kavon "Hak" Hakimzadeh (Persian: کیوان حکیمزاده) (born 1968) is an Iranian-American rear admiral in the US Navy. He has served as the commander of Carrier Strike Group 2 since June 16, 2024. [4] He served as the director of joint/fleet operations of the United States Fleet Forces Command from 2022 to 2024, [5] and as the ...
Commodore Alan D. Richards. Formation. 2006-2011, 2015-present. [1] The Commander United Kingdom Carrier Strike Group, (COMUKCSG) is a senior British Royal Navy appointment which commands the UK Carrier Strike Group. COMUKCSG, a Commodore, commands a total of 65 personnel, [2] and is headquartered at HMNB Portsmouth. [3]
An EA-18G Growler aircraft takes off from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in August 2024. US Navy photo. The US military is planning to keep two carrier ...
The Strike Group Flagship is the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73) which also embarks Strike Warfare Commander, Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW 5) and its nine squadrons. As of June 2015, CSG 5 includes two Ticonderoga -class cruisers and Destroyer Squadron Fifteen (CDS 15), which serves as the Sea Combat Commander and is ...