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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.
CVN-73 George Washington: Nimitz: 4 July 1992 — 32 years, 240 days Stationed at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California [73] CVN-74 John C. Stennis: Nimitz: 9 December 1995 — 29 years, 82 days Stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia (Undergoing Maintenance) [74] CVN-75 Harry S. Truman: Nimitz: 25 July 1998 —
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 is launched from one of four steam driven catapults on the ship's flight deck.
Volume 1 (1995) includes about 140 histories and other data covering every squadron in the attack (VA, VAH, VAK, VAL, and VAP) and strike fighter (VFA) communities from the time the first of these commands was established in 1934, through the publication of this volume in 1995.
Diverse aircraft from Carrier Air Wing Two fly in formation above the USS Abraham Lincoln.. A carrier air wing (abbreviated CVW) is an operational naval aviation organization composed of several aircraft squadrons and detachments of various types of fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft. [1]
The USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) sailors man the rails as the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier departs Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan for the last time May 16, 2024.
Strategy Guide Table of Contents Starting the Game General Tips Mini-games and Puzzles Chapter 1-A New Friend Chapter 2-The Watchers Chapter 3-Blacklore's Scrolls Chapter 4-The Secret Room Chapter ...
With the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq on 2 August 1990, USS Ranger and CVW-2 deployed on 8 December to take in Operation Desert Shield, transiting the Strait of Hormuz on 15 January 1991. [2] At around 4:00 am on 17 January 1991, while USS Midway's air wing were striking targets in Iraq on the first night of the war, the "William Tell Overture ...