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LHA F-35B Experimentation Shows How ‘Assault Carriers’ Can Integrate With Carrier Groups

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LHA F-35B Experimentation Shows How ‘Assault Carriers’ Can Integrate With Carrier Groups
Amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA-7) departs Naval Air Station North Island, Calif., April 7, 2022, with 20 F-35B Lightning II jets from Marine Fighter Attack Squadrons 211 and 225, Marine Aircraft Group 13, and 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, as well as Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron 1, as part of the U.S. Marine Corps’ Lightning carrier concept demonstration. (Photo: U.S. Marine Corps by Sgt. Samuel Ruiz)

The commander of U.S. 7th Fleet last week said recent experimentation with the America-class  USS Tripoli (LHA-7) amphibious assault ship loaded with Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35B fighters tested how the vessel, dubbed an “assault carrier,” can work with a Navy aircraft carrier strike group. Several months this year, the Navy experimented with the LHA-7 loaded with up to 20 F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters in a concept formerly called the “lightning carrier.” This was first fully demonstrated starting in…

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