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During deployments a VRC (Fleet Tactical Support Squadron) detachment provides carrier-on-board delivery and is embarked aboard the carrier but is no real part of the Air Wing.

A part of Carrier Strike Group 11, Nimitz is the flagship of the group. Service Highlights Over her impressive career, she has participated in the following operations and humanitarian missions: Various deployments to the Mediterranean, including a role in response to the Iran hostage crisis called Operation Evening Light

Dec 30, 2024 · USS Nimitz's likely final deployment: The Nimitz, now the oldest active U.S. aircraft carrier, will be deployed in early to mid-2025, USS Nimitz spokesperson Tim Pietrack told Kitsap Sun.

Jun 28, 2023 · SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Ships from the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group (Nimitz CSG) returned to San Diego June 28, concluding a seven-month deployment to U.S. 3rd and 7th Fleet areas of operations...

Jul 3, 2023 · The oldest U.S. aircraft carrier still in service is back home in Washington state after a 7-month deployment. The USS Nimitz, flagship for Carrier Strike Group 11, returned to its homeport in...

Jun 23, 2024 · The Navy's oldest active aircraft carrier spent seven months underground planned repairs and upgrades after deployment in the Pacific.

Oct 15, 2024 · PACIFIC OCEAN – The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) took one more step toward returning to a deployment-ready state, completing its first post planned incremental availability exercise...

Jun 29, 2023 · Nimitz will depart San Diego for its return to homeport in Bremerton, Washington at a later date. Hawaii-based ships attached to Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 11, Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) and USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108), returned to homeport on June 20 and 27, respectively.

Nov 28, 2022 · BREMERTON — With the Thanksgiving leftovers barely consumed, 2,500 sailors headed out of Sinclair Inlet on the USS Nimitz on Monday morning for a months-long global deployment that begins...