Death Rattler…. ARABIAN SEA (November 19, 2020) – An F/A-18C Hornet, from the &ldqu
Death Rattler…. ARABIAN SEA (November 19, 2020) – An F/A-18C Hornet, from the “Death Rattlers” of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 323, flies over United States Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68).The supercarrier, her airwing, and her escorting carrier strike group cruisers and destroyers are approaching the end of a long deployment to the other side of the world. * * * *E V O L V I N G S T O R Y….The Nimitz carrier strike group – including the “Death Rattlers” – has interrupted their long journey home….reversed course….and returned to the volatile Persian Gulf (within 100 nm – 185 km / 115 miles – of Iran from time to time)….as November morphs into December 2020….likely delaying their (over 7,000 Sailors) return home to Norfolk, VA until after the upcoming year-end Holidays, and current volatile tensions between Iran and Israel calm.(Note: This is over the alleged-Israeli assassination of Iran’s top nuclear scientist by remote control near the capital city of Tehran a few days ago. Iran, understandably, could lash out violently, igniting a Middle East war. This is a potentially very dangerous situation.) ** December 1, 2020 ** USS Nimitz (CVN 68) ______________________>>Top photo: Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Cheyenne Geletka, USNUnited States Marine Corps Fighter Squadron (VMFA) 323 insignia -- source link
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