"Chinese ships often follow us in the South China Sea"

In the first half of this year, the American "Lincoln" carrier, which was provoked around China, finally returned to the United States after seven months. The captain and the first female aircraft carrier captain, Bor Eun Schimet, the first female aircraft carrier, revealed for the first time in an interview that during the South China Sea event, Chinese naval ships often followed the US aircraft carrier. The operation is "professional and safe."

The US Navy Society website reported on the 11th that the "Lincoln" aircraft carrier strike group has returned to the United States, ending the deployment of the Indo -Pacific waters that spans the Pacific Ocean and a total of about 62,000 miles, and created a number of "first -time first -time first -time U.S. Navy history "—— The F-35C stealth fighter equipped with the U.S. Marine Corps for the first time, for the first time by a female captain to direct the carrier ...

It is reported that on the morning of the 11th, the aircraft carrier entered its berths located on the Northern Island Navy Air Station in Columbia, California. Major General Anderson, the commander of the 3rd aircraft carrier strike group, summarized at the press conference: "In the past seven months, the" Lincoln "aircraft carrier strike group as a flexible and dynamic response option, showing its partner to the Indo -Pacific region partner With the commitment with the allies, our strike team has conducted countless joint tasks and exercises. "

He introduced that in the seven -month deployment of the "Lincoln", five months of the responsibility area of ​​the Seventh Fleet, including providing additional aircraft carriers to the US military in Japan -earlier this year, the aircraft carrier earlier this year, the aircraft carrier, the aircraft carrier earlier this year, the aircraft carrier was earlier this year. Participated in the two -air carrier joint exercise in the Philippines and the South China Sea. "The Lincoln" carrier -based aircraft federation has been busy in the 222 -day deployment. The total flight time is 26919 hours, and the number of ejection and blocking landing is 8515 times. "

It is particularly noteworthy that the "Lincoln" captain Bowne Schmidt revealed in an interview that the aircraft carrier often followed the situation of Chinese naval ships close behind the US aircraft carrier. She said: "The whole process of interaction with them (Chinese Navy) is safe and professional. In some flight operations, the airplanes of both parties do interact, but every time I interact, it still maintains safety and professionalism." She In addition, these "interactions" of the PLAs mainly occur during conventional patrol mission and exercise, because the "Lincoln" has not performed any so -called "freedom of navigation".

The old driver had previously introduced that the "Lincoln" aircraft carrier left the West Coast of the United States in January this year and went straight to the Western Pacific region. Next, he frequently participated in joint exercises in the area and made provocative moves many times. In late January, it entered the South China Sea as soon as it arrived in the mission waters, and carried out the so-called "joint operation" with the aircraft carrier "Karl Vinson" in the South China Sea. As a result The accident falling into the sea; on March 15, the "Lincoln" also released the carrier -based aircraft from the northern part of the sea of ​​the Philippines to demonstrate to North Korea; on March 22, the "Lincoln" once again entered the South China Sea and visited the Philippines; In April, the aircraft carrier and the Japanese Self -Defense Force launched a large -scale sea and air exercise in the Japan Sea and the East China Sea; in May, when the Liaoning ship aircraft carrier formation was trained in the surrounding waters of Japan, the "Lincoln" aircraft carrier was suspected to be monitored in the nearby waters; The aircraft carrier also launched a double aircraft carrier exercise again with the "Reagan" aircraft carrier in the Philippines. In early June, the "Lincoln" participated in the "Brave Shield" large -scale exercise against China in Guam. Only to Eastern Airlines to Hawaii.

Although the deployment of the "Lincoln" aircraft carrier is arrogant, it can be found from the information disclosed by Bowne Schmidt that its whereabouts have been under the monitoring of the PLA's sea and air forces.

What makes the US Navy anxious is that as the "Lincoln" returns to the local area, the United States currently has only the only available aircraft carrier "Reagan" in the Western Pacific waters -and it has completed a high -intensity 3 -month scheduled 3 -month schedule Deployment plan. It is obvious that the U.S. Navy can use troops in the western Pacific waters. Although U.S. officials are still crying to send naval ships through the Taiwan Strait in the next few weeks, will the "Reagan" deployed in the overdue deployment tossing an accident similar to the "F-35 drops the South China Sea" in fatigue? Let's wait and see.

Source: No. 10 of the Privy Institute/Old Driver Ma Shitu

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