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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 »

Virginia lawmakers prepare to battle the Pentagon over a potential cut to the carrier fleet March 16, 2021

By: Joe Gould and David B. Larter Naval Air Crewman (Helicopter) 3rd Class Jake Shelton observes the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) in the Atlantic Ocean on May … More »