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April 11, 2024, unknown: Handout photo dated April 11, 2024 shows Sailors signal an F/A-18F Super Hornet from the â??Black Knightsâ? of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 154, right, and an F/A-18E Super Hornet from the â??Blue Blastersâ? of VFA-34 aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) during a trilateral exercise in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. A U.S. carrier strike group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt has held a two-day joint exercise with its allies Japan and South Korea as U.S. President Joe Biden met for talks with leaders from Japan and the Philippines at the White House. The military and diplomatic maneuvers are meant to strengthen the partnersâ?? solidarity in the face of what they see as Chinaâ??s aggressive military actions in the region. A number of U.S. and South Korean guided missile destroyers and a Japanese warship joined the drills in the disputed East China Sea, where worries about Chinaâ??s territorial claims are rising. U.S. Navy (Credit Image: © Abaca/Zuma Press/Fotoarena)
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