WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — On Friday, the Unite States launched its first sorties in support of the fight against the Daesh from an an aircraft carrier the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. The strike group includes the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, the guided missile cruiser USS Anzio and the destroyer USS Gonzalez, according to the release.
"Strike group aircraft launched 68 combat sorties and delivered 52 precision guided munitions to targets in Iraq and Syria to dislocate ISIL [Daesh] leadership, target fighters, and degrade the terrorist group's finance generating capacity," the release stated.
The US-led coalition of more than 60 nations has been carrying out airstrikes against the Daesh in Syria and Iraq since summer 2014.
Daesh is a terrorist group outlawed in the United States, Russia and numerous other countries.
