The Bremerton-based USS Nimitz aircraft carrier Friday cruised through the Strait of Hormuz and into the waters of the Persian Gulf, the ... carrier as part of its war games and that highlight ...

Nov. 27: The Pentagon orders Nimitz back to the Persian Gulf region to help provide deterrence as troop withdrawals come in Iraq and Afghanistan. Dec. 21: The USS Nimitz reaches the Horn of ...

Almost 50 years on from its commissioning date, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ... Gulf of Sidra incident, inspired the final dogfight scene in the movie Top Gun. During the 1990s, the ...

The USS Nimitz joined the Navy in May 1973 ... to protect Kuwaiti oil tankers in the Persian Gulf from Iranian attacks during the Tanker War of the late 1980s. It was the largest naval convoy ...

with USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) having commenced RCOH in 2013.” Throughout its extensive service history, Nimitz has seen multiple threat theatres. During the Cold War, Nimitz was awarded the ...

All 52 hostages were eventually released and returned to the U.S. The carrier provided support for Operation Desert Storm in the Arabian Gulf ... Global War on Terrorism. In 2012, the Nimitz ...

USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is set for decommissioning ... strongman Muammar Gaddafi’s Sukhoi Su-22 Fitters. – The Persian Gulf War AKA Operation Desert Storm, January 17.to February 28, 1991; all ...

The USS Nimitz began construction during the Vietnam War and entered active service soon ... Its aircraft later engaged two Libyan jets in the Gulf of Sidra incident, and in 1985, the Nimitz's ...

USS Nimitz profile: For almost five decades, the USS Nimitz has remained a cornerstone of the U.S. Navy’s sea power. When initially commissioned as CVAN-68, she represented one of the largest ...

This incident, known as the Gulf of Sidra incident, inspired the final dogfight scene in the movie Top Gun. F-14A Tomcat 160403 on the deck of the USS Nimitz the day after the aircraft shot down a ...