The aircraft carrier USS George Washington returned to Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, after nearly a decade away for a midlife nuclear refueling and maintenance period at Newport News, Va.

USS George Washington (CVN-73) returned to Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY), Japan on Friday, taking up station as the Forward-Deployed Naval Forces-Japan aircraft carrier for the second time.

YOKOSUKA, Japan - The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) returned to Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan as the United States’ only forward-deployed aircraft carrier,

The American aircraft carrier USS George Washington has arrived at the Yokosuka Naval Base in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, for permanent deployment, Azernews reports.

USS George Washington (CVN-73) will arrive in its new homeport of Yokosuka, Japan, on Friday, returning to the port almost nine years after being relieved as the Forward Deployed Naval Force–Japan (FDNF-J) aircraft carrier by USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) in 2015.

Carrier Air Wing 5, the aviation arm of the USS George Washington, arrived at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni with a squadron of advanced F-35C Lightning II multirole fighters.

The USS George Washington aircraft carrier arrived at the U.S. naval base here on Nov. 22 for its second deployment to the city.

An American nuclear-powered aircraft carrier on Friday returned to its home port in Japan, a security ally of the United States, for forward deployment to patrol waters near China. USS George Washington,

The USS George Washington (CVN-73), a Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, has returned to Yokosuka, Japan, to serve as the U.S. Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier. This marks a return to Japan for the ship,