Flight IIA, introduced in FY 94, consisted of DDG 79 and follow-on destroyers, which added a helicopter hangar with space for two multi-mission helicopters. AN/SPY-1D(V) introduced improvements in ...

Ford (CVN 78), CSG 12 includes Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 2, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8, USS Normandy (CG 60), USS Mahan (DDG 72), USS McFaul (DDG 74), and USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79).

This ship, named Oscar iustin (DDG 79) after a marine who eceived the Congressional Medal of Honor for giving his life in Vietnam, is the 29th of 57 ships in this class currently planned by the Navy.