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    Carl Vinson (November 18, 1883 – June 1, 1981) was an American politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives for over 50 years and was influential...
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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...
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    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...
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    named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN), after Carl G. Vinson, United States congressman from the state of Georgia, for his support...
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    ships have been constructed with anti-submarine capabilities since USS Carl Vinson. As a result, the ships and their aircraft can participate in a wide...
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    Navy Act, also known as the Vinson-Walsh Act, was a United States law enacted on July 19, 1940, and named for Carl Vinson and David I. Walsh, who chaired...
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    al-Qaeda terrorist group, was flown by an MV-22 to the aircraft carrier Carl Vinson in the Arabian Sea, prior to his burial at sea. In 2013, several MV-22s...
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    Station Lemoore. The air wing is attached to the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70). CVW-2 consists of 8 squadrons and one detachment. Originally...
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    five US Navy F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets from the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson where the F-16s and F/A-18s engaged in a dogfight, missile lock and electronic...
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    Ship, USS Mount Whitney (LCC-20), USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) and USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. Thomas served as the...
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    their "AG" tail code. CVW-17 was then scheduled to be assigned to USS Carl Vinson, as part of Carrier Strike Group One, which underwent a Refueling and...
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  • Amphitrite; humorous malapropism "America's Favorite Carrier" – USS Carl Vinson "Angry Cat" – French ship Henri IV; named so by the British, a play on...
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    1982, VS-29 made history by joining the nuclear-powered carrier USS Carl Vinson on her maiden deployment, a round the world cruise from Norfolk, Virginia...
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    by Carl Vinson, a Democratic Congressman from Georgia who was Chairman of the House Naval Affairs Committee. It updated the provisions of the Vinson-Trammell...
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    wall is homeport to three aircraft carriers: USS Abraham Lincoln, USS Carl Vinson, and USS Theodore Roosevelt. Additionally, the base was home to the Navy's...
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  • political family VINSON, a family of voice encryption devices Vinson, a fictional member of the Stanfield Organization, on The Wire USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70),...
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  • aircraft carrier. The first game was held on November 11, 2011 aboard USS Carl Vinson, between Michigan State and North Carolina. President Barack Obama attended...
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    filming on the flight deck, corridors, and hangar bay #3 of the USS Carl Vinson. Macht played the title role in Frank Miller's 2008 adaptation of Will...
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    body of Osama bin Laden was flown from Bagram to the aircraft carrier Carl Vinson in a V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft escorted by two U.S. Navy F/A-18...
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  • Lieutenant Jeremy Stackhouse are stationed on the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in the Adriatic Sea. Burnett is preparing to leave the Navy, and clashes...
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    returning home in January 2003 to the Western Pacific aboard the USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70). Operations included maritime patrol, security operations and...
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    The Commander, Naval Air Forces (a.k.a. COMNAVAIRFOR, and CNAF; and dual-hatted as Commander, Naval Air Force, Pacific, and COMNAVAIRPAC) is the aviation...
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  • participated with Carl Vinson in tactical training drills near the Philippines; North Korea threatened to sink her with a single strike. Carl Vinson had been in...
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    from Carrier Air Wing 11 to Carrier Air Wing 2 for USS Carl Vinson's next deployment. Carl Vinson left San Diego for her deployment on 3 August 2021 returning...
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    Aboard USS Carl Vinson, a mechanic performs system checks from the cockpit of a U.S. Navy F/A-18F with three multifunction displays....
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    Guardian, retrieved 22 October 2015 Bacon, Lance M. (13 January 2010). "Carl Vinson, 6 Other Ships Headed to Haiti". Navy Times. Archived from the original...
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    2010 earthquake, Gupta received a call from the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson that an earthquake victim, a 12-year-old girl, was aboard and needed...
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    USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Public Affairs (5 January 2017). "Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group Begins Western Pacific Deployment". NNS170105-04. USS Carl Vinson...
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    squadrons of CVW-15 were subsequently deployed on the maiden cruise of USS Carl Vinson in 1983, which saw the Sundowners accumulate over 1400 carrier arrested...
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    June 2015. "Carl Vinson". www.nvr.navy.mil. Retrieved 21 June 2015. Ben Westcott (19 April 2017). "Where in the world is the USS Carl Vinson?". CNN. Archived...
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