AF/A-18 Super Hornet strike fighter jets and E-2C Hawkeye airborne early warning aircraft launched from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) from the Mediterranean Sea Friday to help in the fight against ISIS.
It’s the first time airstrikes have been conducted from the Mediterranean since the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
The airstrikes are aiding Iraqi troops who are fighting to retake Fallujah, Iraq and a northern border city in Syria from ISIS.
The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group is deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, and the carrier is homeported in San Diego.
