Weighing in at a cool 95,000 tonnes, the Nimitz class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) is the second of ten such vessels that form the cornerstone of United States Naval Aviation. The Nimitz-class Carriers are the largest and most powerful warships in the world, and are constantly in demand across a wide spectrum of conflicts, in theatres around the globe. Typical of this is the recent coalition effort to defeat the threat of so-called “Islamic State” in Syria and Iraq.
Deployed in support of Operation INHERENT RESOLVE since June 2016, “The Mighty Ike” has been conducting daily strike missions against so-called “Islamic State”, from both the Arabian Gulf with US Navy 5th Fleet and more recently from the Mediterranean Sea with US Navy 6th Fleet. Flying from the Naval Support Activity (NSA) Souda Bay in Crete, AeroResource joined the crew of the Ike shortly after the ship entered the Mediterranean.
