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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 Nimitz class is a class of ten nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in service with the United States Navy.The lead ship of the class is named after World War II United States Pacific Fleet commander Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, who was the last living U.S. Navy officer to hold the rank.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Gerald R. Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers are currently being constructed for the United States Navy, which intends to eventually acquire ten of these ships in order to replace current carriers on a one-for-one basis, starting with the lead ship of her class, Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), replacing Enterprise (CVN-65), and later the Nimitz-class carriers.
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 ...