{"id":405586,"date":"2026-07-20T19:33:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T19:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/405586\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T19:33:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T19:33:29","slug":"photos-flight-operations-aboard-san-diegos-uss-boxer-in-the-arabian-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/405586\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Flight operations aboard San Diego&#8217;s USS Boxer in the Arabian Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" alt=\"F-35B takes off\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-392822\" data-id=\"392822\" data-aspect-ratio=\"1024 \/ 683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/F-35B-Boxer.jpg\"  \/>An F-35B stealth fighter takes off from the USS Boxer in the Arabian Sea. (Photo courtesy of CENTCOM)<img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" alt=\"Night flight operations\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-392820\" data-id=\"392820\" data-aspect-ratio=\"1024 \/ 683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Boxer-Night.jpg\"  \/>Night flight operations aboard the USS Boxer in the Arabian Sea. (Photo courtesy of CENTCOM)<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-392827\" data-id=\"392827\" data-aspect-ratio=\"1024 \/ 683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Helicopter-Boxer-1.jpg\"  \/><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"\/><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"\/><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Central Command released photos Monday of flight operations aboard the San Diego-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/USSBOXER\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">USS Boxer<\/a> amid renewed U.S. air strikes in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The amphibious assault ship is patrolling in the Arabian Sea as CENTCOM enforces the naval blockade against Iran.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The photos showed helicopters and F-35B stealth jets taking off day and night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since the blockade resumed last Tuesday, the Navy has redirected seven commercial vessels and disabled one to prevent the ships from leaving or entering Iranian ports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Sunday night, CENTCOM announced the completion of the ninth consecutive evening of air strikes strikes against military targets in Iran.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Boxer and accompanying amphibious transport dock USS Portland entered the region on June 30, joining the dock landing ship USS Comstock. The three warships had\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/timesofsandiego.com\/military\/2026\/03\/20\/san-diego-based-uss-boxer-pendleton-marines-deploys-mideast\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">left San Diego in March<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ships in the amphibious ready group are carrying the Camp Pendleton-based\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.11thmeu.marines.mil\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">11th Marine Expeditionary Unit<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An F-35B stealth fighter takes off from the USS Boxer in the Arabian Sea. (Photo courtesy of CENTCOM)Night&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":405587,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[58692,162601,74,76,75,103950],"class_list":["post-405586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-arabian-sea","tag-centcom","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-uss-boxer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=405586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/405587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}