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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.
Originally established as CVBG-74 (Battle Air Group) on 1 May 1945, it was renamed CVBG-1 on 15 November 1946 before finally being renamed CVG-2 in 1948. [2] During that time, CVG-2 was assigned to USS Midway (CVB-41). CVG-2 later would see action during the Korean War on board the Essex-class carriers USS Boxer, Valley Forge and Philippine Sea.
A carrier strike group (CSG) is a type of carrier battle group of the United States Navy. [1] It is an operational formation composed of roughly 7,500 personnel, usually an aircraft carrier, at least one cruiser, a destroyer squadron of at least two destroyers or frigates, [2] and a carrier air wing of 65 to 70 aircraft.
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.
1 carrier airborne early warning (VAW) squadron detachment of 2–3 Grumman E-1 Tracer airborne early warning aircraft; By the end of the Vietnam War in 1973, a typical air wing consisted of ~90 aircraft: 2 fighter squadrons (VF) flying McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom IIs or Vought F-8 Crusaders (the latter on Essex class carriers)
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 ...
Carrier Air Wing 2 - Tail Code: NE; Squadron Aircraft Notes VF-2 Bounty Hunters F-14D Super Tomcat VFA-151 Viginlantes F/A-18C (N) Hornet Night Attack Hornet VFA-137 Kestrels F/A-18C (N) Hornet Night Attack Hornet VMFA-323 Death Rattlers: F/A-18C (N) Hornet Marine Corps Squadron VAQ-131 Lancers EA-6B Prowler VS-38 Red Griffins S-3B Viking
A ceremony Sunday honored the more than 180 Airmen of the 157th Air Refueling Wing and 64th Air Refueling Squadron stationed at Pease Air National Guard Base in Newington who will be deployed this ...