USS Lincoln CSG Maintains Arabian Sea Patrol

The USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group continued 24/7 flight operations in the Arabian Sea south of Iran, with F/A-18E Super Hornets and F-35C Lightning IIs flying combat air patrols. The carrier maintained a heightened defensive posture following the February 3 shootdown of an Iranian Shahed-139 drone that had approached the battle group. CENTCOM described the patrol tempo as 'sustained and deliberate.'