First operational deployment for US Navy F-35Cs, CMV-22Bs

US Navy-operated Lockheed Martin F-35C Lightning IIs assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 147 (VFA-147) ‘Argonauts’ and Bell Boeing CMV-22B Ospreys from Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Squadron 30 (VRM-30) ‘Titans’ have embarked on their first operational deployment as part of a Carrier Air Wing (CVW). The two units have joined several others under the charge of Carrier Air Wing 2 (CVW-2) aboard the USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70), as the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and its strike group departed San Diego, California, on