U.S. plane service returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most succesful fighter’

Nimitz-class plane service USS George Washington has returned to Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture practically 9 years after being relieved by the united statesRonald Reagan because the U.S. Navy’s forward-deployed service in Japan.

The nuclear-powered vessel, one in all 11 carriers within the American fleet, arrived from San Diego at its new homeport Friday morning after finishing its midlife refueling and overhaul in the US — a refitting course of that confronted delays and was adopted by predeployment certifications and inspections.

The 333-meter lengthy warship, which was initially stationed at Yokosuka from 2008 to 2015, didn’t come alone.