USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: May 10, 2021 May 11, 2021
USNI News Graphic These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of May 3, 2021, based on … More
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Aircraft carrier Gerald Ford finishes post-delivery tests and trials May 7, 2021
Diana Stancy Correll A C-2A Greyhound powers down its engines on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford in September 2020. Ford is on track to deploy … More
Ford Carrier Strike Group Maximizes New CVN’s Gear, Design In Final Test Event Before Shock Trials April 27, 2021
By: Megan Eckstein Seaman Saruis Webb, from Chicago, assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN-78) weapons department, stands an armed watch with an H-2B .50 caliber machine gun during sea and … More
Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group Could Extend Stay in Middle East to Cover Afghanistan Withdrawal April 23, 2021
By: Sam LaGrone Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Setogiri (DD 156), back, operates alongside aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) in the Arabian Sea on April 19, 2021. US Navy … More
The U.S. Navy Might Retire An Aircraft Carrier With 25 Years Of Life Left April 7, 2021
By Peter Suciu ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 9, 2012) The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator taxies on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). … More
Navy: NGAD Will be Family of Systems, Super Hornet Replacement Likely a Manned Fighter March 31, 2021
By: Mallory Shelbourne An F/A-18E Super Hornet, assigned to the Argonauts of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147 prepares to land on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68). … More
11 Navy Aircraft Carriers Simply Aren’t Enough March 30, 2021
The Admiral in line to become the head of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said the Navy does not need more than 11 aircraft carriers. The U.S. Navy is limited by law to a minimum … More
The Navy Doesn’t Need Another Carrier Right Now, Admiral Nominated to Lead Pacific Ops Says March 24, 2021
Ships from the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group and the America Expeditionary Strike Group transit the South China Sea on March 15, 2020. (US Navy) 23 Mar 2021 Military.com | By Gina Harkins … More