Aircraft Carrier: USS Abraham Lincoln
Chief of Naval Admiral John Richardson previously described aircraft carriers as "tremendous expression of US national power." A carrier strike group is an even stronger message. "CSGs are visible and powerful symbols of U.S. commitment and resolve," US European Command said in a statement Tuesday.
The USS Abraham Lincoln, a mobile, sea-based airfield, is the lead ship for the carrier strike group that bears its name and is outfitted with a highly-capable carrier air wing.
Carrier Air Wing: Fighters, electronic attack aircraft, early warning aircraft, and rotary aircraft
Carrier Air Wing 7 consists of F/A-18 Super Hornets, EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft, E-2 Hawkeye early warning aircraft, and a number of rotary aircraft from multiple squadrons capable of carrying out a variety of operational tasks.
Cruiser: USS Leyte Gulf
Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruisers are multi-role warships that run heavily armed with 122 vertical launch system cells capable of carrying everything from Tomahawk land-attack cruise missiles to surface-to-air missiles to anti-submarine warfare rockets.
4 Destroyers: USS Bainbridge, USS Gonzalez, USS Mason and USS Nitze
Like the larger cruisers, destroyers are also multi-mission vessels. Armed with 90 - 96 VLS cells, these ships have air-and-missile defense capabilities, as well as land-attack abilities.
Early in the Trump presidency, two US Navy destroyers devastated Shayrat Airbase with 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles to punish the Syrian regime in the aftermath of a chemical-weapons attack.
Bombers: B-52s
The B-52 is a subsonic high-altitude bomber capable of carrying nuclear and conventional payloads. These hard-hitting aircraft can carry up to 70,000 pounds of varied ordinance and can be deployed to carry out various missions, including strategic attack, close-air support, air interdiction, offensive counter-air and maritime operations.