A look at where the Navy’s 11 aircraft carriers are now
Jun 19, 2024 · WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy is weighing what to do about the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier, which has been battling Houthi rebel attacks on shipping in the Red Sea for nearly nine months. The question is how to replicate the carrier’s combat power if …
USS Gerald R. Ford Arrives Home From Maiden Deployment ... - USNI News
Jan 17, 2024 · Aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) pulled into Naval Station Norfolk on Wednesday after a deployment to the Mediterranean that included three extensions. The Navy’s newest in-service aircraft carrier left in May for a deployment that lasted more than eight months.
US aircraft carrier carries more firepower on return to West Pacific
Dec 16, 2024 · The United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson operates with six additional F-35C Lightning II stealth fighter jets while underway in the Philippine Sea on December 13, 2024.
Map shows US and Chinese aircraft carriers in Pacific this week
Dec 27, 2024 · A United States aircraft carrier reached the South China Sea this week, following a westward transit via the Philippines, while all Chinese "flattops" remained pierside. This came as China ...
Report to Congress on Gerald R. Ford Aircraft Carrier Program
Dec 19, 2024 · The aircraft carriers CVN-78, CVN-79, CVN-80, CVN-81, and CVN-82 are the first five ships in the Navy’s new Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers (CVNs).
Navy issues contract to begin USS Nimitz’s retirement
Sep 12, 2024 · The Navy has issued an $18.4 million contract to begin preliminary planning to deactivate the nuclear power plants on the Nimitz, the first step toward decommissioning the ship. (U.S. Navy ) The...
US Navy Doubles Down on Carrier Capability - Naval News
Jan 14, 2024 · The US Navy (USN) aircraft carriers USS Gerald R Ford (CVN 78), foreground, and USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) are pictured in transit together in the Mediterranean Sea in November 2023. As the Israel-Hamas crisis escalated, the two carriers were deployed in ‘dual-carrier’ operations.
Aircraft Carrier Enterprise Delivery Delayed by 18 Months ... - USNI News
Mar 15, 2024 · The Ford-class carrier, which is currently under construction at HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia, will deliver in September of 2029, 18 months later than its previous scheduled ...
Exclusive: US to bring back aircraft carrier from eastern ... - ABC News
Dec 31, 2023 · The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier strike group will leave the eastern Mediterranean Sea, where it was sent just after the start of the Israel-Hamas war in October, in the "coming days," two U.S. officials tell ABC News.
Map shows US and China's aircraft carriers in Pacific this week
Dec 6, 2024 · The United States has positioned three aircraft carriers in the Western Pacific Ocean this week, including two "flattops" underway in the region during their deployments.