Maybe this is an example of a scale down of the exercise from an aircraft carrier to an amphibious assault ship?:
The USS Wasp, the U.S. Navy’s multipurpose amphibious assault ship, in a file photo. (Yonhap)
The U.S. military plans to send a key amphibious assault ship, used for a detachment of F-35B vertical landing stealth fighter jets, to a combined exercise with South Korea in April, a defense source here said Monday.
The allies’ Marines are scheduled to start the Ssangyong (double dragon) exercise here early next month in connection with the Foal Eagle training. They have yet to announce an exact schedule.
Among U.S. assets to take part in the Ssangyong drill are the USS Wasp, the Navy’s 40,500-ton multipurpose amphibious assault ship. [Yonhap]
