Welcome home USS Carl Vinson! The ships of the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group returned to the United States February 14 after sailing more than 80,000 nautical miles while underway for 262 days. The deployment was underscored by the unmatched capabilities of the F-35C. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group and its Carrier Air Wing 2 set out with the F-35C Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147 “Argonauts.” The air wing conducted more than 15,000 flight hours and more than 15,000 combined carrier arrested landings and catapult launches. The air wing and strike group operated with at least five other U.S. and international strike groups and many more partners and allies. Read more about why the "air wing of the future” remained in U.S. 7th Fleet and in the Indo-Pacific for the entire duration of its deployment. Three takeaways from the US Navy’s first F-35C deployment (defensenews.com)