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USS George W. Bush (CVN-83) will be the sixth Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy. George W. Bush is scheduled to be laid down after 2027. She will be built at Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Virginia .
In 2022-2023, VAW-121 added aerial refueling capability, and deployed aboard the USS George H.W. Bush, in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa area of operations. The squadron was assigned to the United States Sixth Fleet to defend the U.S. and allies. [1] In April 2023, VAW-121 returned from deployment and conducted a scheduled maintenance ...
The group's 2011 Mediterranean deployment marked the maiden deployment for the carrier USS George H.W. Bush and the guided-missile destroyer Truxtun. The group's units were the first U.S. naval forces to participate in Operation Inherent Resolve, the 2014 U.S.-led multi-lateral air campaign against the Islamic State group.
President Biden announced the names of the newest aircraft carriers that will join the U.S. Navy: USS William J. Clinton and USS George W. Bush. The carriers, named after former President Bill ...
In 2015, CVW-7 was reassigned to USS Harry S. Truman and began a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 6th and 5th Fleet areas of operation on 16 November. [7] On 22 May 2018, CVW-7 was assigned to USS Abraham Lincoln. [8] From 10 August 2022 to 23 April 2023, CVW-7 deploymend with Carrier Strike Group 10 (CSG-10), aboard USS George H.W. Bush (CVN ...
CVW-8 made its next scheduled deployment aboard George H.W. Bush in the U.S. Navy's 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility from 23 January to 21 August 2017. [15] On 18 June 2017, a F/A-18E shot down a Syrian Air Force Su-22 in the Tabqa region. In 2022, CVW-8 was assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford.
VFA-87 made a single deployment aboard USS George H. W. Bush from January to August 2017. During this desployment, Lieutenant Commander Michael Tremel, flying a VFA-87 F/A-18E shot down a Syrian Su-22 after multiple observed ROE violations on 18 June 2017. The Su-22 had been bombing US-backed forces fighting the Islamic State.
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.