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YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — Two aircraft carriers sailed in unison Sunday in the Western Pacific to kick off combined flight operations this week.

The USS Theodore Roosevelt and USS Nimitz teamed up for drills in the Philippine Sea to demonstrate “the United States’ unique capability to operate multiple carrier strike groups in close proximity,” according to a Navy statement issued over the weekend.

“By working together in this environment, we’re improving our tactical skills and readiness in the face of an increasingly pressurized region and COVID-19,” Roosevelt Strike Group commander Rear Adm. Doug Verissimo said in the statement, referring to the disease caused by the coronavirus.

Sunday’s drills were the first dual-carrier operations in the Western Pacific since November 2018 when the USS Ronald Reagan and USS John C. Stennis trained together in the Philippine Sea. They take place as China is also flexing its naval muscle with two carriers scheduled for exercises in the region.

The Navy has beefed up its presence in June after more than two months without a carrier operating in the Indo-Pacific region other than the USS America, an amphibious assault ship with F-35B Lightning II multirole aircraft on board.
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