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USS Wasp
![USS America, USS New Orleans to Deploy With US 7th Fleet in Japan USS America, USS New Orleans to Deploy With US 7th Fleet in Japan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-190405-n-ri884-430.jpg)
USS America, USS New Orleans to Deploy With US 7th Fleet in Japan
By Ankit Panda
USS Wasp and USS Stethem are slated to return to the continental United States.
![US Navy F-35B-Carrying Amphibious Assault Ship Arrives in the Philippines US Navy F-35B-Carrying Amphibious Assault Ship Arrives in the Philippines](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-190330-n-ri884-0165.jpg)
US Navy F-35B-Carrying Amphibious Assault Ship Arrives in the Philippines
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The USS Wasp, carrying at least 10 F-35Bs, is participating in a joint military exercise with Australia and the Philippines.
![F-35B Stealth Fighters Drop Smart Bombs Over Philippine and East China Seas in Drill F-35B Stealth Fighters Drop Smart Bombs Over Philippine and East China Seas in Drill](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-190203-m-xx000-075.jpg)
F-35B Stealth Fighters Drop Smart Bombs Over Philippine and East China Seas in Drill
By Franz-Stefan Gady
In a first, U.S. F-35Bs dropped guided bombs on practice targets during a military exercise at sea in Asia this week.
![US Navy’s Newest F-35B-Carrying Amphibious Assault Ship to Deploy to Japan US Navy’s Newest F-35B-Carrying Amphibious Assault Ship to Deploy to Japan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-04-06_16-26-26.jpg)
US Navy’s Newest F-35B-Carrying Amphibious Assault Ship to Deploy to Japan
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The USSAmerica will be replacing the USS Wasp as the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed amphibious assault ship in the region.
![Amid Growing Bilateral Tensions, China Denies US Port Call Request for Hong Kong Amid Growing Bilateral Tensions, China Denies US Port Call Request for Hong Kong](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-10-26_21-20-51.jpg)
Amid Growing Bilateral Tensions, China Denies US Port Call Request for Hong Kong
By Ankit Panda
The decision to deny a port call was announced a day after the U.S. approved a possible arms package for Taiwan.
![US F-35-Carrying Warship Holds 1st Naval Drill With Japanese Navy US F-35-Carrying Warship Holds 1st Naval Drill With Japanese Navy](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-180409-n-nm806-1083.jpg)
US F-35-Carrying Warship Holds 1st Naval Drill With Japanese Navy
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The U.S. Navy flattop trained with a Japanese warship for the first time since arriving in Japan earlier this year.
![Coming to Foal Eagle 2018: US Marine Corps' Wasp Expeditionary Strike Group Coming to Foal Eagle 2018: US Marine Corps' Wasp Expeditionary Strike Group](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-27083989838_d54150f0e8_k.jpg)
Coming to Foal Eagle 2018: US Marine Corps' Wasp Expeditionary Strike Group
By Ankit Panda
There won't be a carrier at this year's Foal Eagle exercise, but there will be an immensely well-equipped U.S. Navy Expeditionary Strike Group.
![Will the US Send a F-35-Carrying Amphibious Assault Ship to Korea for War Games? Will the US Send a F-35-Carrying Amphibious Assault Ship to Korea for War Games?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-180305-n-vk310-0070.jpg)
Will the US Send a F-35-Carrying Amphibious Assault Ship to Korea for War Games?
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The U.S. is reportedly dispatching an amphibious assault ship to the Korean Peninsula for a joint-U.S.-ROK landing exercise early next month.
![F-35B Stealth Fighter Deploys For 1st Time Aboard U.S. Navy Ship in Indo-Pacific F-35B Stealth Fighter Deploys For 1st Time Aboard U.S. Navy Ship in Indo-Pacific](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-180305-n-vk310-0070.jpg)
F-35B Stealth Fighter Deploys For 1st Time Aboard U.S. Navy Ship in Indo-Pacific
By Franz-Stefan Gady
A detachment of F-35Bs arrived aboard a U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship cruising in the Indo-Pacific region this week.
![US Warship Capable of Operating F-35B Arrives in Japan US Warship Capable of Operating F-35B Arrives in Japan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-130814-o-zz999-038-1024x682.jpg)
US Warship Capable of Operating F-35B Arrives in Japan
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The amphibious assault ship is replacing another forward deployed U.S. Navy flattop of the same class in the region.
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