The USS Carl Vinson, which had been deployed in combat operations over Iraq and Syria for six months, has left that area, the U.S. Navy reported on Friday.
The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group with Carrier Air Wing 17 left that area of operations on Thursday.
While there, the Carrier Air Wing flew 12,300 sorties, including 2,383 combat mission, landed more than 9,220 aircraft and dropped 869 precision-guided munitions.
Rear Adm. Chris Grady, commander of the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group, said the efforts were crucial in blunting the momentum of ISIS.
"Since combat operations began in October of last year, ISIS is no longer able to fight like an army, but like a band of terrorists with a corrupt ideology," Grady said in a news release.
The Carl Vinson will now operate in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations on the way to its homeport of San Diego.
