Two of the units returned from overseas tours less than 16 months ago.
The crew was conducting a “routine air refueling mission” during a training sortie when their aircraft suffered a mishap, the military said Sunday.
The military is investigating the cause of the mishap.
The exercises involved more than 11,000 U.S. personnel who are on station there in case the Israel-Hamas war erupts into a larger conflict.
The ship is underway to support operations in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, U.S. 6th Fleet said Wednesday.
The carrier is being sent as part of an effort to "deter hostile actions against Israel," Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said.
This was the first time that the 2nd Multi-Domain Task Force did a multi-service, multi-partner targeting data hand-off at these ranges.
Countering anti-access, area-denial capabilities has become U.S. Air Forces in Europe boss Gen. James Hecker's top priority.
The reservists aren't expected to begin arriving in Europe until fall at the earliest.
Military relations with Mexico currently fall under the purview of U.S. Northern Command.
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