| Carrier Strike Group 3 | |
|---|---|
 Carrier Strike Group Three crest | |
| Active | 1 October 2004 to date.[1] |
| Country | United States of America |
| Branch |  United States Navy |
| Type | Carrier Strike Group |
| Role | Naval air/surface warfare |
| Part of | U.S. Third Fleet |
| Garrison/HQ | Naval Station San Diego, California |
| Nickname(s) | Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group |
| Motto(s) | In Mundo Optimum (The Best in the World) |
| Engagements | Operation Enduring Freedom Iraq War War in Afghanistan |
| Website | Official Website |
| Commanders | |
| Commander | Rear Admiral Adan G. Cruz |
| Chief of Staff | Captain Przemyslaw Kaczynski[2][3] |
| Command Master Chief | CMDCM Brian Happli[2][4] |
| Notable commanders | Bruce W. Clingan[5] |
| Aircraft flown | |
| Electronic warfare | EA-18G Growler[6] |
| Fighter | F/A-18E/F Super Hornet[6] F-35C Lightning[6] |
| Helicopter | MH-60R Seahawk[6] MH-60S Knighthawk[6] |
| Reconnaissance | E-2D Hawkeye[6] |
| Transport | Grumman C-2 Greyhound[6] |
Carrier Strike Group 3 (CSG-3 or CARSTRKGRU 3) is a U.S. Navy carrier strike group. Carrier strike groups gain and maintain sea control as well as project naval airpower ashore.[7][8] The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) is the group's current flagship. Other units assigned as of 2024 include Carrier Air Wing Nine, the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers USS O'Kane (DDG-77), USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG-121), and USS Spruance (DDG-111), which are part of Destroyer Squadron 21.[Note 1][9]
Between 2005 and 2013, the group made five deployments to the U.S. Fifth Fleet supporting U.S. ground forces in Iraq, and Afghanistan. On 18 December 2011, strike group aircraft flew the final carrier-based air mission over Iraq, effectively ending U.S. naval support for Operation New Dawn.[10]
- ^ Curtis A. Utz and Mark L. Evans (July–August 2005). "The Year in Review 2004". Naval Aviation News. Washington, DC: U.S. Navy. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
Aviation Command Changes, 2004
- ^ a b "Leadership". US Navy. ComCarStrkGru Three. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
- ^ "Captain Todd W. Malloy". Carrier Strike Group Three. USS John Stennis (CVN-74). 2012. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
- ^ "FCCM (SW/AW) Johnathan D. Fessenden". Carrier Strike Group Three. USS John Stennis (CVN-74). 2012. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
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- ^ "The Carrier Strike Group". Navy Data. U.S. Navy. 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
- ^ Addison, Jr., Victor G. (July 2010). "The answer was the Carrier Strike Group ... Now What was the Question?". Naval Institute Proceedings. 136 (7): 47. ISSN 0041-798X. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
- ^ "Carrier Strike Group 3". U.S. Navy. 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "USS John C. Stennis Launches Navy's Final Air Mission over Iraq". NNS111220-02. USS John C. Stennis Public Affairs. 20 December 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
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