Two U.S. Navy carrier strike groups were joined by JMSDF's helicopter destroyer JS Ise (DDH 182) and a Royal Navy’s carrier strike group to conduct multiple carrier strike group operations in the Philippine Sea, Oct. 3.

July 19th - The US Navy announced the participation of the USS The Sullivans in Carrier Strike Group 21, assuming its protection from aerial threats.

RAF F-35B fighters from the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth have been flying in a major international air exercise for the first time since the Carrier Strike Group sailed from the UK on its seven-month long deployment.