![The aircraft taking part in the air campaign come from Carrier Wing 8, embarked aboard the carrier Bush, said Navy Cmdr. Kevin Stephens, a 5th Fleet spokesman E-2C Hawkeye](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqLkA2AvqeLzS-MP_qU5hU8ds4uv0tpDlSwBC1VhpoVePLh9U2v-41YGQr7kq4iLwZ54heFR7u8jHLILju0MwCOHOux9VTUEE8kaZD7U-TIw8nDsHtgX0OYOdGJFGARglSIc_l/s560/E2cBanking.jpg)
The first airstrikes against the Islamic State were carried out by two aircraft from the aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush, which is in the Persian Gulf along with the amphibious assault ship Bataan; the amphibious dock landing ship Gunston Hall; the cruiser Philippine Sea; and the destroyers Arleigh Burke, O’Kane and Roosevelt, according to the Defense Department.
The amphibious transport dock Mesa Verde is elsewhere in the region, according to 5th Fleet.
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