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Newsweek's weekly update maps aircraft carrier movements in the strategic Indo-Pacific region.
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
Typically, the Navy uses these helicopters to carry troops in and out of combat zones, do searches and rescues off aircraft carriers, and fight in combat.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register, 9 Jan. 2025
The fighter was an F/A-18 Hornet flying off the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman.
—Reuters, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
Landing on it requires a steep descent and is akin to landing on an aircraft carrier.
—Johanna Read, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
Typically, the Navy uses these helicopters to carry troops in and out of combat zones, do searches and rescues off aircraft carriers, and fight in combat.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register, 9 Jan. 2025
The fighter was an F/A-18 Hornet flying off the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman.
—Reuters, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
Landing on it requires a steep descent and is akin to landing on an aircraft carrier.
—Johanna Read, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Aircraft carrier.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aircraft%20carrier. Accessed 16 Jan. 2025.
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