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USS George Washington (CVN-73) is a United States Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the sixth carrier in the Nimitz class and the fourth US Navy ship with that name, after George Washington, Founding Father, commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and the first president of the United States.
The first aircraft carrier commissioned into the U.S. Navy was USS Langley (CV-1) on 20 March 1922. The Langley was a converted Proteus-class collier, originally commissioned as USS Jupiter (AC-3). [1]
(HSL-47 was the only HSL squadron to have deployed aboard a carrier as a test of the CVN based HSM squadron concept) [36] HSM-78: Blue Hawks MH-60R: Commander, Carrier Air Wing TWO: HSM-78: 1 Mar 2012–present: Homeport NAS North Island: HSM-79: Griffins MH-60R: Commander, Helicopter Maritime Strike Wing Atlantic: HSM-79: 2 Jun 2016–present
The 1945 Visual Identification System. The first Carrier Air Groups (as they were then called) were activated in 1937. From July 1937 to mid-1942, Carrier Air Groups were permanently assigned to and identified by their parent aircraft carrier, and group squadrons were numbered according to the carrier's hull number.
A post shared on X claims to show a Boeing C-17 Globemaster taking off from an aircraft carrier. ... behind the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73) while docked at Naval Base ...
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) Carrier Air Wing Nine: DESRON-21: Naval Base San Diego, California [20] Carrier Strike Group Five (formerly CarGru 5) USS George Washington (CVN-73) Carrier Air Wing Five: DESRON-15: Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan [21] Carrier Strike Group Eight (formerly CarGru 8) USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) Carrier Air Wing One ...
Sep. 8—The New Hampshire Air National Guard became the first to receive the new KC-46A Pegasus refueling tankers in 2019, and now history is being made again with the first operational ...
The list of aircraft carriers by configuration contains active aircraft carriers organized by the specific configuration of aircraft carrier designs. This list excludes seaplane carriers or helicopter carriers.