U.S. aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman has launched airstrikes on Islamic State positions in Syria from the Mediterranean Sea.
This is the first time U.S. has conducted airstrikes from the sea dividing Europe, Africa, and Middle East, since flight mission against Iraq in 2003, Fox reported.
“This is showing the U.S. Navy can conduct flight operations (against ISIS) from other locations, not just the (Persian) Gulf,” a Navy official told Fox on June 3.
The strikes were conducted by the F/A-18 Hornet combat jets. They flew over Turkey to avoid Russian anti-air defenses deployed on the western coast of Syria.
A F/A-18 Hornet lands aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman at an undisclosed position in the Mediterranean Sea, south of Sicily, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015. AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko, Pool
