A U.S. Navy Boeing F/A-18E "Super Hornet" from Strike Fighter Squadron 27 (VFA-27) "Royal Maces" launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS "George Washington" (CVN-73) in the Coral Sea on 17 June 2015. "George Washington" and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing 5 (CVW-5), were on patrol in the U.S. 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" (CVN-76) later in 2015 after serving seven years as the U.S. Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier in Yokosuka, Japan.