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On 5 January 2006, the carrier Abraham Lincoln departed her homeport of Everett and transited to San Diego, California, for a scheduled underway period to undertake sustainment training exercises and post-refit inspection by the US Navy's Board of Inspection and Survey which were completed from 21 to 24 February. [29] [30]
On 26 June 2004, Rear Admiral Bruce W. Clingan (pictured) relieved Rear Admiral Evan M. Chanik, Jr., as Commander Carrier Group Three (ComCarGru 3).During his tenure as ComCarGru 3, Chanik led the Carl Vinson strike group which was the first to undergo the new, innovative Inter-Deployment Training Cycle (IDTC), which greatly compressed the training required for oversea deployment.
Carrier Strike Group Last Assigned Aircraft Carrier Carrier air wing Destroyer Squadron Homeport Notes Carrier Strike Group One (formerly CarGru 1) USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) Carrier Air Wing Two: DESRON-1: Naval Base San Diego, California [17] [18] Carrier Strike Group Two (formerly CarGru 2) USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) Carrier Air Wing Three
On 29 July 2011, the strike group departed from Naval Air Station San Diego near San Diego, California, for its 2011–2012 deployment. [ 63 ] The first port-of-call for the group was to have been Manila , Philippines , but that port-call was cancelled because of Typhoon Mina . [ 64 ]
VRC-30 was originally established as Air Transport Squadron 5 (VR-5) on 24 June 1943 at Naval Air Station Seattle.The squadron was operated the Douglas R4D Skytrain, Douglas R5D Skymaster, Beechcraft SNB Expeditor, and the Noorduyn JA-1 Norseman in regular service to Seattle, Washington, Oakland, California, San Francisco, the Aleutian Islands, Fairbanks, Alaska, and Point Barrow, Alaska.
In 2004, it became Carrier Strike Group 1, and in 2005 it was redesignated Commander, Strike Force Training Pacific. [6] One reported date for the change of designation was October 7, 2005, [ 7 ] but this does not agree with a February 2005 change of command ceremony in which the formation was already being referred to as Commander, Strike ...
On 1 October 2004, Commander Cruiser-Destroyer Group One was re-designated as Carrier Strike Group 15. [2] On 11 January 2005, Ronald Reagan departed San Diego, transporting two VRC-30 C-2A Greyhound aircraft for use in Operation Unified Assistance. After a 12-day underway period, Reagan paid a three-day port visit to Hawaii beginning 22 January.
Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron Seven One (HSM-71) is a United States Navy helicopter squadron based at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California.Nicknamed the "Raptors", they are attached to Carrier Air Wing Nine (CVW-9) and deploy with the strike group centred on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72).