China Has Unlocked the Secret to Winning the Aircraft Carrier Race—And That’s a Direct Threat to America
America’s newest aircraft carrier is the USS Gerald R. Ford, the only non- Nimitz class ship in the fleet and the first of ...
A US Navy pilot narrowly avoided crashing into the sea by as little as 16 feet after a 'catastrophic' failure aboard his aircraft carrier
Documents obtained by Business Insider show how the F/A-18 pilot prevented his fighter jet from crashing into the Indian ...
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It’s Time to Retire the Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carriers
A Nimitz-class aircraft carrier displaces approximately 100,000 ... even if a carrier is lucky to avoid being sunk by enemy A2/AD fire, its flight deck will most certainly be damaged, rendering ...
Map Shows US and Chinese Aircraft Carriers in Pacific This Week
Newsweek's weekly update maps the locations of 12 aircraft carriers in the Indo-Pacific region as of February 7.
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MQ-25A Stingray 2026 Debut Will Unlock Unmanned Aviation for Carrier Strike Group, Say Officials
The Navy’s first unmanned tanker is set to come to an aircraft carrier in 2026, according to the commander of Naval Air ...
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The American Navy’s Nimitz-class Set to Retire This Year
When fully loaded, a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier displaces approximately ... enough to avoid being sunk by enemy A2/AD fire, its flight deck will most certainly be damaged, rendering the carrier ...
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Vinson Strike Group Back Underway after Thailand Port Visit, French Carrier in Indonesia
The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group (CSG) wrapped up its port visit to Thailand on Friday. Carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) ...
Two Navy aircraft carriers will be named for George W. Bush and Bill Clinton
The Navy will name two future Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers for former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.
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Map Shows US and Chinese Aircraft Carriers in Pacific This Week
The aircraft carrier was commissioned in 1975 and has a life cycle of approximately 50 years. Sailors direct aircraft on the flight deck of the USS Nimitz while underway in the Eastern Pacific ...