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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.
11th Air Refueling Wing: 2 July 1968 – 25 May 1969: Altus AFB: 11th Bombardment Wing: 11th Strategic Group: SAC [2] 19th Air Refueling Wing: 1 October 1983 – 1 July 1996: Robins AFB: 19th Bombardment Wing: 19th Airlift Wing: SAC, AMC [3] 22nd Air Refueling Wing: 1 October 1982 – present: March AFB McConnell AFB: 22nd Bombardment Wing ...
CVN-72 Abraham Lincoln: Nimitz: 11 November 1989 — 35 years, 108 days Stationed at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California [72] CVN-73 George Washington: Nimitz: 4 July 1992 — 32 years, 238 days Stationed at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California [73] CVN-74 John C. Stennis: Nimitz: 9 December 1995 — 29 years ...
A post shared on X claims to show a Boeing C-17 Globemaster taking off from an aircraft carrier. Verdict: False The video is computer-generated imagery. U.S. aircraft carriers do not have ramps.
Today's air wing composition is designed to allow for broad striking power hundreds of miles from the carrier's position, while providing defense in depth of the battle group through early warning and detection of airborne, surface and subsurface targets. The current U.S. Navy carrier air wing consists of:
Reagan first arrived in Yokosuka Oct. 1, 2015 after completing a hull swap with USS George Washington (CVN 73). The USS Ronald Reagan arrived in the Pacific Northwest on Thursday, at the Navy's ...
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 ...
Aerial refueling/transport KC-130T 10 [3] Transport; C-2 Greyhound: United States Carrier based transport C-2A 33 [3] Planned to be Replaced with V-22 Osprey: C-12 Huron: United States Transport UC-12 13 [3] C-20 Grey Ghost: United States Transport C-20G 3 [3] C-26 Metroliner: United States Transport C-26D 8 [3] C-38 Courier: Israel Transport C ...