America's Next Forward-Deployed Aircraft Carrier will Carry F-35C Stealth Jets to Counter China

The next Forward-Deployed Naval Forces (FDNF) aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73) will sail from Norfolk, Virginia on April 25, 2024, down the US coast, through the Caribbean Sea, around Cape Horn at the southern tip of South America and into the Pacific Ocean, then to California and on to Japan.

The carrier will relieve USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) as the FDNF aircraft carrier during a historic carrier swap at Naval Air Station North Island, California.

The carrier will embark with a Strike Fighter Squadron 147 (VFA-147) operates the F-35C Lightning IIs from Carrier Air Wing 7. The VFA-147 will be transferred to the Carrier Air Wing 5 at Iwakuni Air Base, Japan, and will be the first forward-deployed F-35C squadron in the U.S. Navy.

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