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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 55 tenant commands which make up this installation support U.S. Navy Pacific operating forces, including principal afloat elements of the United States Seventh Fleet, including the only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS George Washington (CVN-73), the group she heads, Carrier Strike Group Five, and Destroyer Squadron 15.
(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
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 ...
Carrier Strike Group 5 led by USS Ronald Reagan with Air Force B-52 Stratofortress and Navy F/A-18 Hornet aircraft in September 2018. Carrier Strike Group 5, also known as CSG 5 or CARSTRKGRU 5, is the U.S. Navy carrier strike group assigned to the United States Pacific Fleet and permanently forward-deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet.
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 ...
At sea aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73), 21 Nov. 2003. Flight Deck Safety Observer, Aviation Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Harrison Brookes braces himself as an F-14B Tomcat, assigned to Carrier Air Wing Seven (CVW-7) is launched from one of four steam driven catapults on the ship's flight deck.
The base is home to the 171st Air Refueling Squadron, which operates the KC-135 tankers and is part of the 127th Wing located there. The Air Force has been using KC-135 Stratotankers since the 1950s.