The Osprey flew south, destined for the deck of the U.S.S. Carl Vinson a thousand-foot-long nuclear-powered aircraft carrier sailing in the Arabian Sea, off the Pakistani coast.
Today, the Pentagon announced that the George Washington, a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was on its way to the Yellow Sea for four days of drills with South Korea.
Washington (CNN) -- The USS Enterprise is the nation's oldest active duty warship, the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and a history-making symbol of America's naval might for half a century.