USS George Washington Flies Sorties 3 Weeks After Iran's Hit Claim

The United States Navy has shown USS George Washington conducting sustained flight operations after Iran claimed that a ballistic missile had struck the carrier on September 5. United States Central Command confirmed Iranian missile attacks but said the weapons missed and caused no casualties, while the Navy did not publicly identify George Washington as a target. Images from September 11 through 14 showed F-35C and F/A-18E/F sorties continuing from the ship, providing visible evidence of operational activity but not independently resolving every detail of the Iranian claim.