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USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) is a Nimitz-class, nuclear-powered supercarrier in the service of the United States Navy. The ninth ship of her class, [ 6 ] she is named in honor of Ronald Reagan , President of the United States from 1981 to 1989.
CVN-76 Ronald Reagan: Nimitz: 12 July 2003 — 21 years, 228 days Stationed at Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington [76] CVN-77 George H.W. Bush: Nimitz: 10 January 2009 — 16 years, 46 days Stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia [77] CVN-78 Gerald R. Ford: Gerald R. Ford (lead ship) 22 July 2017 — 7 years, 218 days
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.
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.
Technician third grade (abbreviated T/3 or Tec 3) was a rank of the United States Army from 1942 to 1948. [1] The rank was created to recognize enlisted soldiers with special technical skills, but who were not trained as combat leaders.
June 21–22, 1942 – Bombardment of Fort Stevens, the second attack on a U.S. military base in the continental U.S. in World War II. September 9, 1942, and September 29, 1942 – Lookout Air Raids, the only attack by enemy aircraft on the contiguous U.S. and the second enemy aircraft attack on the U.S. continent in World War II.
The United States Navy, like any organization, produces its own acronyms and abbreviations, which often come to have meaning beyond their bare expansions. United States Navy personnel sometimes colloquially refer to these as NAVSpeak. Like other organizational colloquialisms, their use often creates or reinforces a sense of esprit and closeness ...
The Air Group quickly recorded a number of firsts, including the first squadron to land a jet aircraft aboard a carrier (1948), [2] the first jet aircraft in the Navy to shoot down enemy aircraft when two F9F-3 Panthers from VF-51 shot down two Korean People's Air Force Yak-9 fighters on 3 July 1950, [7] the first to arrive in Yellow Sea, the ...