Death Rattler…. ARABIAN SEA (November 19, 2020) – An F/A-18C Hornet, from the &ldqu

Death Rattler….

ARABIAN SEA (November 19, 2020) – An F/A-18C Hornet, from the “Death Rattlers”ofMarine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 323, flies over United States Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USSNimitz (CVN 68).

The supercarrier, her airwing, and her escorting carrier strike group cruisersanddestroyers are approaching the end of a long deployment to the other side of the world.

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E V O L V I N G S T O R Y….

TheNimitz carrier strike group – including the “Death Rattlers” – has interrupted their long journey home….reversed course….and returned to the volatile Persian Gulf (within 100 nm – 185 km / 115 miles –ofIran from time to time)….as November morphs into December 2020….likely delaying their (over 7,000 Sailors) return home to Norfolk, VAuntilafter the upcoming year-end Holidays, and current volatile tensions between Iran and Israelcalm.

(Note: This is over the alleged-Israeli assassination of Iran’s top nuclear scientist by remote control near the capital city of Tehran a few days ago. Iran, understandably, could lash out violently, igniting a Middle East war. This is a potentially very dangerous situation.)

** December 1, 2020 **