autoevolution 28 May 2021, 14:30 UTC · by They like to call it Ike, and it is a Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. In service since the 1970s, and officially named USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), the fearsome floating arsenal is presently deployed with the U.S. 5th Fleet, supporting the drawdown operations from Afghanistan together with its Strike Group from the waters of the Arabian Sea. 6 photos And we're talking active support, if we are to trust the words of the sailors serving on board. As per a video published by the U.S. Navy earlier this week, possibly thousands of pieces of precision-guided munitions have been sent on their merry way by the carrier’s airplanes.