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C2X Task Group Show of Force 07/07/2010
HMS ARK ROYAL, the current R2 Strike Carrier is currently deployed on the Auriga 10 deployment which will see the Portsmouth based Carrier spearheading a Task Group under the command & Control of Commander UK Carrier Strike Group (COMUKCSG) Commodore Simon Ancona.
The Task Group is Operating off the Eastern Seaboard of the USA & Canada.
Port visits include Norfolk, Mayport, Halifax & Port Canaveral, before the Fleets Flagship return to Portsmouth on 14th August 2010.
ARK is currently at sea participating in the US COMPTUEX (C2X) 7 - 24 Jul 10. This is a Major Combat Operation certification exercise for the USS KEARSAGE Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 26 Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) prior to their deployment. The 17-day exercise will provide the AURIGA Task Group the opportunity to conduct operations with the KSG ARG as well as the UK Amphibious Task Group. The exercise is based on the Treasure Coast scenario with areas of the US East Coast forming the Operating Area. Embarked in ARK ROYAL are 1(F) Squadron RAF and a Tailored Air Group (TAG) of 6 GR9’s, 2 x Marlins’ from 814NAS, 2 x Sea Kings’ from 849NAS and 2 x Lynx from 815NAS, 212 Flt.
Please Credit Image to Gregg Macready RN Photographer.
HMS ARK ROYAL
ARK_10_0228
C2X Task Group Show of Force 07/07/2010
HMS ARK ROYAL, the current R2 Strike Carrier is currently deployed on the Auriga 10 deployment which will see the Portsmouth based Carrier spearheading a Task Group under the command & Control of Commander UK Carrier Strike Group (COMUKCSG) Commodore Simon Ancona.
The Task Group is Operating off the Eastern Seaboard of the USA & Canada.
Port visits include Norfolk, Mayport, Halifax & Port Canaveral, before the Fleets Flagship return to Portsmouth on 14th August 2010.
ARK is currently at sea participating in the US COMPTUEX (C2X) 7 - 24 Jul 10. This is a Major Combat Operation certification exercise for the USS KEARSAGE Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 26 Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) prior to their deployment. The 17-day exercise will provide the AURIGA Task Group the opportunity to conduct operations with the KSG ARG as well as the UK Amphibious Task Group. The exercise is based on the Treasure Coast scenario with areas of the US East Coast forming the Operating Area. Embarked in ARK ROYAL are 1(F) Squadron RAF and a Tailored Air Group (TAG) of 6 GR9’s, 2 x Marlins’ from 814NAS, 2 x Sea Kings’ from 849NAS and 2 x Lynx from 815NAS, 212 Flt.
Please Credit Image to Gregg Macready RN Photographer.
HMS ARK ROYAL