{"id":15713,"date":"2026-02-10T10:00:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T17:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/?p=15713"},"modified":"2026-02-10T10:00:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T17:00:04","slug":"locations-of-us-carrier-strike-groups-february-10-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2026\/02\/10\/locations-of-us-carrier-strike-groups-february-10-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Locations Of US Carrier Strike Groups \u2013 February 10, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It appears a second US carrier strike group is heading to the Middle East. There is one additional carrier at sea off the west coast of the US, but supposedly training and not a deployment. Taken the USS George HW Bush moving to the Middle East with all the <a href=\"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2026\/02\/09\/at-least-112-usaf-c-17-aircraft-headed-to-middle-east-desert-storm-levels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">C17 shipments reported heading to the Middle East<\/a>, a significant operation against Iran might be in the works. There was a documented flight out of Iran to Russia, which could have been leadership, but more likely the removal of their families similar to what happened in Syria before the end. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/s5.cdnstatic.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/US_CSG_locations_10_02_2026.jpg\">https:\/\/s5.cdnstatic.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/s5.cdnstatic.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/US_CSG_locations_10_02_2026.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/s5.cdnstatic.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/US_CSG_locations_10_02_2026.jpg\">26\/02\/US_CSG_locations_10_02_2026.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-divider ub_divider ub-divider-orientation-horizontal\" id=\"ub_divider_4313965c-1d74-475a-8edc-552852271157\"><div class=\"ub_divider_wrapper\" style=\"position: relative; margin-bottom: 2px; width: 100%; height: 2px; \" data-divider-alignment=\"center\"><div class=\"ub_divider_line\" style=\"border-top: 2px solid #ccc; margin-top: 2px; \"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"671\" src=\"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-13.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-13.png 960w, https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-13-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-13-768x537.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photograph of aircraft flying in formation over the aircraft carrier USS George HW Bush during a joint training exercise involving US and French naval forces, May 15, 2018. (Photo by Smith Collection\/Gado\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the newest update of the \u2018U.S. Carrier Strike Groups Locations Map\u2019 exclusive series showing the approximate locations of U.S. Carrier Strike Groups. SouthFront: Analysis &amp; Intelligence tracks locations of U.S. aircraft carriers using the available open-source information. No classified information was used in production of the map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1002\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-12-1002x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-12-1002x1024.png 1002w, https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-12-293x300.png 293w, https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-12-768x785.png 768w, https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-12-1502x1536.png 1502w, https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-12-2003x2048.png 2003w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1002px) 100vw, 1002px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Carrier strike group (CSG) is an operational formation of the United States Navy. It is centered on an aircraft carrier and a carrier air wing of 65 to 70 aircrafts. It\u2019s composed of roughly 7,500 personnel, an aircraft carrier, at least one cruiser, a destroyer squadron of at least two destroyers and\/or frigates. A carrier strike group also, on occasion, includes submarines, attached logistics ships and a supply ship. Carrier strike groups comprise a principal element of U.S. power projection over the world\u2019s oceans<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It appears a second US carrier strike group is heading to the Middle East. There is one additional carrier at sea off the west coast of the US, but supposedly training and not a deployment. Taken the USS George HW Bush moving to the Middle East with all the C17 shipments reported heading to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Jason","author_link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/author\/jturning\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15713"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15716,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15713\/revisions\/15716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}