150701-N-YD641-246 PHILIPPINE SEA Sailors remove ordnance from an F/A-18E Super Hornet from the "Royal Maces" of Strike Fighter Squadron 27 on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington. George Washington and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing 5, are on patrol in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. George Washington will conduct a hull-swap with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan later this year after serving seven years as the U.S. Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier in Yokosuka, Japan.