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Reagan launches 1st combat mission - in Iraq
 Hmmmm - thought they were on WesPac tour...seem to be a little further west. Wonder why? Aircraft from the San Diego-based carrier Ronald Reagan began bombing targets in Iraq this week after arriving for duty in the Persian Gulf, according a news release yesterday from the ship. An F/A-18E Super Hornet from Strike Fighter Attack Squadron 115 launched the first combat mission from the Reagan on Wednesday. The Navy commissioned the ship in 2003, and it moved to California the following year. The carrier left San Diego Jan. 4 with about 6,000 sailors on its first combat deployment. Rear Adm. Michael H. Miller is commanding the Ronald Reagan Strike Group, which also includes the cruiser Lake Champlain, the destroyers McCampbell and Decatur, the combat-support ship Rainier, strike fighter squadrons 22, 113 and 115, early warning squadron 113, electronic-warfare squadron 139 and helicopter anti-submarine squadron 4. Posted by: Frank G 2006-02-25 |
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