UPDATED: 7 U.S. Aircraft Carriers Are Now Simultaneously Underway
By: Sam LaGrone
November 6, 2017 1:49 PM • Updated: November 6, 2017 5:56 PM
This post has been updated with a statement from Commander of U.S. Naval Air Forces Vice Adm. Michael Shoemaker.
Seven out of 11 U.S. nuclear aircraft carriers are underway simultaneously for the first time in several years, USNI News has learned.
Three are on operational deployments in the Western Pacific with full air wings and carrier strike groups — USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), USS Nimitz (CVN-68) and USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71).
https://news.usni.org/2017/11/06/7-u-s-aircraft-carriers-simultaneously-underway
