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French Navy Horizon-Class Destroyer Forbin Integrated to US Navy CSG 8 with USS Harry S. Truman.
| 2015
 The
French Navy (Marine Nationale) Horizon class Destroyer Forbin
was recently integrated to the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) carrier
strike group 8 (CSG-8). French Navy Picture |
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On
board USS Harry S. Truman is Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7 consisting
of eight squadrons: - VFA-25 Fist of the Fleet flying F/A-18E Super Hornet - VFA-83 Rampagers flying F/A-18C Hornet - VFA-103 Jolly Rogers flying F/A-18F Super Hornet - VFA-143 Pukin Dogs flying F/A-18E Super Hornet - VAW-117 Wallbangers flying E-2C Hawkeye - VAQ-140 Patriots flying EA-18G Growler - VRC-40 Rawhides flying C-2A Greyhound - HSC-5 Nightdippers flying MH-60S Seahawk - HSM-72 Proud Warriors flying MH-60R Seahawk The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is escorted by the Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS Anzio (CG 68), Arleigh Burke-class Destroyers USS Bulkeley (DDG 84), USS Gonzalez (DDG 66), USS Ramage (DDG 61) and USS Gravely (DDG 107). Also in the CSG is Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Lenthall (T-AO-189). These regular integrations French Navy air defense vessels in American CSGs are intended to maintain the skills of these escorts as well as maintaining full interoperability between the two navies. They allow French vessels to assume on the fly and in operation, command and control responsibilities in the area of air defense of a naval force. It is in any case the observation made by Admiral Bret Batchelder, CSG-8 Commander, when he went aboard Forbin to congratulate the crew for its adaptability and professionalism. USS Harry S. Truman (and its CSG) is set to join the French CSG (Task Force 473) in the Persian Gulf in the coming days for operation against the Islamic State. |
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