Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group Deploys With Marine F-35C

USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) departed on a scheduled deployment with the first Marine Corps unit to fly F-35C Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters embarked aboard the carrier. The Nimitz-class Abraham Lincoln pulled out of its homeport in San Diego, Calif., shortly before 9 a.m. local time. The carrier strike group includes guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG-53), Carrier Air Wing Nine and guided-missile destroyers USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62), USS Gridley (DDG-101), USS Sampson (DDG-102) and USS Spruance (DDG-111). Carrier Air Wing Nine includes eight squadrons: the “Tophatters” of Strike Fighter Squadron 14, flying F/A-18E Super Hornets; the “Black Aces” of Strike Fighter

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