USS George Washington Conducts Flight Operations

Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Launch/Recovery Equipment) Airman Princeton Simpson, left, from Los Angeles, and Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Launch/Recovery Equipment) Airman Hayden Cleghorn, from Yadkinville, North Carolina, both assigned to air department’s aircraft launch and recovery division, pull a slot seal on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) while underway in the Pacific Ocean, Oct. 29, 2024. George Washington is 7th Fleet’s premier forward-deployed aircraft carrier, a long-standing symbol of the United States’ commitment to maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific region, while operating alongside Allies and partners across the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class August Clawson)