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A trainer aircraft from Taiwan's Air Force crashed Wednesday afternoon in Kaohsiung during a training session, killing two pilots. ...

As China asserts its claims in Pacific waters, the U.S. deploys three carrier groups in the region.


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航空母艦打擊群 （英語：carrier strike group，簡稱CSG）是美國海軍軍事單位之一，其由約7500軍事人員組成，打擊群中的艦隻由一艘航空母艦，至少一艘巡洋艦，一支驅逐艦隊由至少兩艘驅逐艦或再加一艘巡防艦^[1]，及航空母艦艦載飛行聯隊約含有65至70架戰機組成。航空母艦打擊群也可能同時含有核子動力潛艇、兩棲攻擊艦及補給艦。航空母艦打擊群的指揮官一般直屬於該水域的編號艦隊，並通過其進行戰鬥、戰術及戰略攻擊行為。

U.S. Navy ships assigned to the USS George Washington Carrier Strike Group sail in formation for a strike group photo in the Caribbean Sea 29 April 2006. Such a formation would not be used in combat.

A carrier strike group^[1] (CSG) is an operational formation of the United States Navy. It is composed of roughly 7,500 personnel, an aircraft carrier, at least one cruiser, a destroyer squadron of at least two destroyers and/or frigates,^[2] and a carrier air wing of 65 to 70 aircraft. A carrier strike group also, on occasion, includes submarines, attached logistics ships and a supply ship. The carrier strike group commander operationally reports to the commander of the numbered fleet, who is operationally responsible for the area of waters in which the carrier strike group is operating.

Carrier strike groups comprise a principal element of U.S. power projection capability. Previously referred to as Carrier Battle Groups (a term still used by other nations), they are often referred to by the carrier they are associated with (e.g., Enterprise Strike Group). As of March 2016 there are 10 carrier strike groups.

The carrier strike group is a flexible naval force that can operate in confined waters or in the open ocean, during day and night, in all weather conditions. The principal role of the carrier and its air wing within the carrier strike group is to provide the primary offensive firepower, while the other ships provide defense and support. These roles are not exclusive, however. Other ships in the strike group sometimes undertake offensive operations (launching cruise missiles, for instance) and the carrier's air wing contributes to the strike group's defense (through combat air patrols and airborne anti-submarine efforts). Thus, from a command and control perspective, carrier strike groups are combat organized by mission rather than by platform.

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• 1History
• 2Missions
• 3Typical CSG composition
• 4Composite Warfare Command structure
• 5List of Carrier Strike Groups
  • 5.1Refueling and Complex Overhaul
  • 5.2Permanent change-of-station status
  • 5.3List of active CSG
  • 5.4List of former CSG
• 6See also
• 7References
• 8Further reading

The U.S. military has long believed China was working on its own aircraft carrier... http://cnn.it/1SoA3WD


Taiwan war game simulates attack from rival China
International Herald Tribune - France
AP TAIPEI, Taiwan: Taiwan began Monday its annual computer-simulated war game that anticipates an invasion by China, despite warming ties between the island ...



A cartoon by Mr. Mohassess showing government planes strafing men at prayer.


strafe
[strāf]
v. attack repeatedly with bombs or machine-gun fire from low-flying aircraft: military aircraft strafed the village.
n.
an attack from low-flying aircraft.
Etymology: early 20th cent.: humorous adaptation of the German World War I catchphrase Gott strafe England ‘may God punish England.’

simulate
verb [T]
to do or make something which looks real but is not real:
In cheap furniture, plastic is often used to simulate wood.
FORMAL Ruth simulated pleasure at seeing Simon, but really she wished he hadn't come.
Some driving teachers use computers to simulate (= represent) different road conditions for learners to practise on.

simulated
adjective

simulation
noun [C or U]
The manager prepared a computer simulation (= a model of a problem or course of events) of likely sales performance for the rest of the year.

simulator
noun [C]
People learning to fly often practise on a flight simulator (= piece of equipment which represents real conditions in an aircraft or spacecraft).

sim・u・late

━━ vt. …に見せかける, …のふりをする; まねる; 【生物】…の擬態をする; 【コンピュータ】シミュレートする.
━━ ,  a. ＝simulated.
 sim・u・lant　━━ a.
 sim・u・lat・ed　━━ a. 見せかけの, 擬態の.
 sim・u・la・tion　━━ n. まね; 見せかけ; 擬態; 【コンピュータ】模擬実験, シミュレーション.
simulation game　【コンピュータ】シミュレーション・ゲーム.
 sim・u・la・tive　━━ a.
 sim・u・la・tor　━━ n. シミュレーター, 模擬実験［操縦］装置.

airlift 
noun [C] ━━ n., vt. 空輸（する）.
an operation organized to move supplies or people, by aircraft, to or from a place that is difficult to reach because of war, flooding, etc.

airlift
verb [T]
Over 10 000 refugees were airlifted out of the region.

 aircraft carrier 航空母鑑

air force
n.

1. The aviation branch of a country's armed forces, such as the U.S. Air Force.
2. A unit of the U.S. Air Force larger than a division and smaller than a command.