The U.S. Navy’s second nuclear-powered Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier completed testing Wednesday, roughly a week after it powered out to sea. The USS John F. Kennedy, which is set to join the ...

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The 50 year old nuclear-powered aircraft carrier returned to Bremerton, Washington on Dec. 16, 2025 after its final scheduled deployment. USS Nimitz (CVN-68), the oldest commissioned aircraft carrier ...

Sailors from the USS Nimitz embrace their family after returning to Naval Base Kitsap, Washington, on Tuesday from a nine-month deployment. (MCS2 Peter K. McHaddad/U.S. Navy) The USS Nimitz aircraft ...

The Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group, including USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), left, USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG-81), front, USS Mahan (DDG-72), back, USS Bainbridge (DDG-96) embarked Carrier Air ...

Aircraft carriers have been central to the U.S. Navy, and over the years they have only increased in importance since their introduction in World War 2 The Yorktown, Essex, and Midway classes would ...

FAIRLAND — After 80 years, Indiana native Ensign Delbert Martin, who died in aerial combat over modern-day Micronesia, will be interred next to his family with full military honors Wednesday, Oct. 15.

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCIV) — The USS Laffey, a storied warship now docked at Patriots Point, remains a symbol of resilience and heroism decades after surviving a historic attack in April 1945 near ...

BREMERTON, Wash. — The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan has begun a maintenance stint that will keep it from deployment for 17 months, Navy officials said. The Reagan, commissioned in ...

Sailors prepare to man the rails of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) in San Diego on June 28, 2023. U.S. Navy Photo Aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) will make one last homeport change, ...

Today is Tuesday, March 4, the 63rd day of 2025. There are 302 days left in the year. Today in history: Advertisement Article continues below this ad On March 4, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was ...