The acting US Chief of Naval Operations has confirmed that the US Navy recently conducted the largest airstrike ever launched from an aircraft carrier, with carrier-based aircraft dropping 125,000 pounds of ordnance on terrorist targets in Somalia.
According to Admiral James Kilby, the strike was carried out on 1 February 2025 by aircraft from the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) while it was operating in the Red Sea. From: UK Defence Journal.
