This is CBS, I am the world. I am John Bachelors, conflict zones, US carrier strike groups,

and extension of range. I go to Captain Jerry Hendrix, US Navy, Aviator retired.

Now a senior fellow at the Sagamore Institute to comment on breaking news. The first piece

of news is that from the United States Navy Institute, a US carrier strike group lingering

in the Mediterranean Sea rather than journeying to the Middle East on orders from Defense

Secretary Lloyd Austin, US S. Harry S. Truman CVN 75 carrier Air Wing 1, and his S. course

are now operating in the Ionian Sea between Greece and Italy, rather than assume a planned

transit through the Suez Canal to the Central Command.

From two, a positive result from the US carrier George H.W. Bush. The Boeing-owned T1 test

vehicle conducted day and night operations at sea, including taxing and parking on the

flight deck, connecting the catapult and clearing out the landing area. The T1 is the operational

name right now for the MQ-25 Stingray unmanned tanker for at sea demonstration. Putting these

stories together, Captain Hendrix will guide us into where we are now with extending the

range of carrier strikes. Jerry, a very good day to you. The MQ-25, what is it meant

to do and does it satisfy the Secretary of Defense and the Biden administration in projecting

power into the Black Sea from the Mediterranean? Good evening.

Good evening, John, and thanks for having me on. I think these are closely connected stories.

So right now Lloyd Austin Secretary of Defense, former general former commander of S.T.P.

has made a decision that he wants the H.W. Truman, a Nimitz-Plas aircraft carrier, to

dwell in the Eastern Mediterranean near the Ionian Sea in order to send a message to Vladimir

Putin and Russia that it should not move aggressively against Ukraine. The problem with this

is that for those of us who watch this particular element very closely is recognizing that the

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