Daily reconnaissance flights were flown over the Bekaa Valley and a strike was flown against targets in the area resulting in loss of an A-6 Intruder and an A-7 Corsair.Ĭarrier battle groups routinely operated in the Gulf of Sidra inside the " Line of Death" proclaimed by Libya resulting in aerial engagements in 1981, 19 between U.S. The United States Sixth Fleet assembled a force of three carrier battle groups and a battleship during the Lebanese Civil War in 1983. Interestingly, this was the last conflict so far in which two belligerents employed aircraft carriers, although Argentina made little use of its sole carrier, originally built in Great Britain. The first attempted use of antiship missiles against a carrier battle group was part of Argentina's efforts against British Armed Forces during the Falklands War. In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, most of the uses of CVBGs by the United States as well as that of other nations have been in situations in which their use has been uncontested by other comparable forces.īritish and French carrier battle groups were involved in the 1956 Suez Crisis.ĭuring the Cold War, an important battle scenario was an attack against a CVBG using a large number of antiship missiles. HMS Invincible, which took part in the Falklands War. Understanding this threat, the CVBG expended enormous resources in its own anti-submarine warfare mission. However, a primary mission of the Soviet Navy's attack submarines was to shadow every CVBG and, on the outbreak of hostilities, sink the carriers. Because the Soviet Union had no large carriers of its own, a situation of dueling aircraft carriers would have been unlikely.
During the Cold War, the main role of the CVBG in case of conflict with the Soviet Union would have been to protect Atlantic supply routes between the United States and Europe, while the role of the Soviet Navy would have been to interrupt these sea lanes, a fundamentally easier task.
With the construction of the large supercarriers of the Cold War era, the practice of operating each carrier in a single formation was revived.
These carrier groups eventually formed the Fast Carrier Task Force, which became the primary battle force of the U.S. By 1943 however, large numbers of fleet and light carriers became available, which required larger formations of three or four carriers. These single-carrier formations would often be paired or grouped together for certain assignments, most notably the Battle of the Coral Sea and Midway. In contrast, the United States Navy deployed its large carriers in separate formations, with each carrier assigned its own cruiser and destroyer escorts. Kido Butai operated as the IJN's main carrier battle group until four of its carriers were sunk at the Battle of Midway. This task force was used with devastating effect during the Pearl Harbor Attack. The Imperial Japanese Navy, IJN, was the first to assemble a large number of carriers into a single task force, known as Kido Butai. The first naval task forces built around carriers appeared just prior to and during World War II. The USS Abraham Lincoln carrier battle group during 20 June 2000 RIMPAC exercisesĪ carrier battle group ( CVBG) consists of an aircraft carrier (designated CV) and its escorts, together comprising the group.
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