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An F-35C Lightning II launches off the flight deck aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson.
A deployed US Navy aircraft carrier sailed into the South China Sea this week carrying F-35 stealth fighters in a first for the service.
The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group departed San Diego early last month, making history at it sailed into the Pacific.
At that time, the Nimitz-class carrier USS Carl Vinson became the first US Navy aircraft carrier to deploy with an integrated air wing consisting of both fourth-generation F/A-18 Super Hornets and fifth-generation F-35C Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters.
The strike group is now in the South China Sea and conducting maritime security operations, the US Navy said in a press statement Tuesday.
https://www.businessinsider.com/first-us-aircraft-carrier-deploy-f-35cs-south-china-sea-2021-9
