The USS John F. Kennedy’s sea trials will give the Navy and builders a chance to operate crucial systems and components at ...
The USS John F. Kennedy kicked off its sea trials on January 28, 2026, moving a much-delayed project forward significantly ...
F/A-18 Super Hornets multirole fighters, an E-2D Hawkeye airborne early warning aircraft, and two MH-60S/R Seahawk helicopters flew in formation over CVN-78 ...
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Where are America’s aircraft carriers now?

Although the US Navy has 11 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in active service, only around half are deployed at any given ...
The Ford-class supercarriers will gradually replace the in-service Nimitz-class carriers, but the process will take decades.
The Constellation equipment failures were preceded by several others. At the end of 2022 the first of the new American Ford class CVN/Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier finally left for its long delayed ...
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Could a New Iran War Force the USS Nimitz Out of Retirement?

With simultaneous crises emerging in the Middle East and Asia, the United States has too few aircraft carriers for its global demands.
Although “aircraft carriers” come in many sizes and shapes, the largest and most advanced supercarriers all fit a ...
The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and three accompanying warships have arrived in the Middle East. U.S.
The 4th Marine Division and the Army's 7th Infantry Division landed on several islands within the atoll. Four days later, ...