Fighters Launched from Carrier Give Cover to US Troops Withdrawing from Somalia
28 Dec 2020
Military.com | By Richard Sisk
Fighter aircraft from the carrier Nimitz have been providing "operational and close air support" as U.S. troops withdraw from Somalia under threat of possible attack from al-Shabaab insurgents.
Support from F/A-18 Super Hornets of Carrier Air Wing 17 aboard the Nimitz "allows us to maintain pressure against regional threats" while carrying out Operation Octave Quartz to relocate troops in Somalia to neighboring countries, Air Force Maj. Gen. Dagvin Anderson, commander of Joint Task Force-Quartz, said in a statement Monday.
The Nimitz and its strike group, consisting of the guided-missile cruisers Princeton and Philippine Sea, and the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Sterett, arrived off the Horn of Africa country Dec. 21, U.S. Africa Command said in a release.
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