 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi wa17 Gumiguru 2010, boka rekurova rakasvika munzvimbo yeUS Fifth Fleet, ichibatanidza Carrier Strike Group Gumi sechikamu cheTask Force 50 mufananidzo. Nokuda refu-daro mhepo kurwa mishoni pamusoro Afghanistan, U.S. Air Force KC-135 uye KC-10s akapa mhepo tanker rutsigiro. Boka rebasa reFrance rinotakura rakatungamirwa na Charles de Gaulle rakabatana neboka rekurova rinoshanda muPersian Gulf mufananidzo. Musi wa18 Mbudzi 2010, mutakuri Abraham Lincoln akagamuchira vamiriri vanomwe panguva yekushanya kwechiteshi kuManama, Bahrain, uye musi wa6 Zvita 2010, Munyori weDziviriro weU.S. Robert M. Gates akashanyira Abraham Lincoln achishanda muGungwa reArabia. Nhamba yose ye999 yeHondo muAfghanistan-yakabatana nemabasa uye 76 Operation New DawnNdege dzakabva kuUnited States dzakaenda kunzvimbo dzakasiyana-siyana dzepasi rose. Musi waDecember 28, neboka rinorwisa rinotakura rinoshanda muGungwa reArabia, Carrier Air Wing Two yakabhururuka ndege yayo yechiuru, ichiunganidza kusvika pari zvino maawa anopfuura mazana mashanu nemakumi masere nemasere nemana akaridzwa achitsigira mashandiro eAfghanistan panguva yekuendeswa kuWestern Pacific. Carrier Strike Group Nine yakapedza mabasa ayo ekupedzisira pamusoro peAfghanistan musi wa 3 Kukadzi 2011. Kubva 20 Gumiguru 2010, Carrier Air Wing Two yakatanga zvinopfuura 1,800 kurwa sorties zvinopfuura 10,000 kubhururuka maawa ane 100 muzana kupedzisa mwero weAfghanistan zvine chekuita nemishoni. Musi wa 10 Kukadzi 2011, Carrier Strike Group Nine yakapedza zuva rayo rechi45 rekushanda mugungwa, neCarrier Air Wing Two ichitanga zvinopfuura zviuru zvinomwe zvemabhiza kusanganisira zviuru zviviri zvinotsigira zvakananga mauto ekurwisa pasi. Ndege kubva Carrier Strike Group Nine vakatorawo chikamu mune yakabatana yekurwisa yekurovedza muviri pamwe neRoyal Malaysian Air Force musi wa14 Kukadzi 2011. Musi wa22 Kukadzi 2011, mureza weboka rekurova Abraham Lincoln akagamuchira nhume yemauto eBrunei inotungamirwa neMutevedzeri weGurukota rezvekudzivirira Dato Paduka Mustappa Sirat. 