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USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) is the United States Navy's third Nimitz-class supercarrier.She is named for Carl Vinson (1883–1981), a congressman from Georgia, in recognition of his contributions to the U.S. Navy.
VFA-113 F/A-18E Super Hornet on the deck of USS Carl Vinson Safety and proficiency milestones were set again in May 1990, as the squadron advanced the Navy's Tactical Aviation Safety Record to 16 years and over 70,000 mishap-free hours.
Carrier Strike Group One (CSG-1 or CARSTRKGRU 1) is a U.S. Navy carrier strike group. USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) is the strike group's current flagship, and other units currently assigned are the ship's Carrier Air Wing 2 and embarked Destroyer Squadron 1, deployed with Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain, as well as Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS ...
KEVIN KNODELL / KKNODELL @STARADVERTISER.COM At top, a pair of Australian navy sailors aboard the USS Carl Vinson watched an F-18 fighter jet come in for landing Friday as it participated in RIMPAC.
USS Carl Vinson — It is in the port in San Diego and is in pre-deployment workups. It will go to the large, multinational military exercise known as the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) in July and ...
The imposing silhouette of the USS Carl Vinson could be seen from cliff tops just outside Danang, where the carrier and two other ships begin a short visit. USS Carl Vinson arrives in Vietnam for ...
The squadron was established on 14 December 2018 at Naval Air Station North Island, California (USA), but did not gain any aircraft until 22 June 2020.It is equipped with the CMV-22B, a carrier onboard delivery variant of the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey which will eventually replace the Grumman C-2 Greyhound.
The squadron completed its first Super Hornet cruise in the summer of 2005 aboard USS Carl Vinson, part of Carrier Air Wing 9 supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. On 6 April 2005, VFA-154 and VFA-147 dropped two 500-pound laser-guided bombs on enemy insurgent location east of Baghdad.