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operating in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea in support of Operation Epic Fury, March 2, 2026. (U.S. Navy photo)

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No One Knows When U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier USS Gerald R. Ford Will Come Home

The Aircraft Carrier Ford Spent 5 Days in Split, Croatia — The Navy Declared It Combat-Ready and Sent It Back to the Middle East...

Jack BuckbyApril 6, 2026

150903-N-SS390-354 FALLON, Nev. (Sept. 3, 2015) F-35C Lightning IIs, assigned to the Grim Reapers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 101, and an F/A-18E/F Super Hornets assigned to the Naval Aviation Warfighter Development Center (NAWDC) fly over Naval Air Station Fallon's (NASF) Range Training Complex. VFA 101, based out of Eglin Air Force Base, is conducting an F-35C cross-country visit to NASF. The purpose is to begin integration of F-35C with the Fallon Range Training Complex and work with NAWDC to refine tactics, techniques and procedures (TTP) of F-35C as it integrates into the carrier air wing. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Cmdr. Darin Russell/Released)

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‘The Deck Might Melt’: The USS Gerald R. Ford Aircraft Carrier Can’t Fly New F-35C Stealth Fighters

Too Hot for the USS Gerald R. Ford: Why the Navy’s Newest Aircrat Carrier Still Can’t Fully Operate the F-35C The USS Gerald R....

Brandon WeichertApril 6, 2026

A U.S. Sailor performs a safety scan of the catapult track as an F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft positions for launch from the flight deck while underway in the Caribbean Sea, Nov. 25, 2025. U.S. military forces are deployed to the Caribbean in support of Operation Southern Spear, the U.S. Southern Command mission, Department of War-directed operations, and the president’s priorities to disrupt illicit drug trafficking and protect the homeland. (U.S. Navy photo)

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The USS Gerald R. Ford Aircraft Carrier Has Been to Hell and Back — Extended Deployment, a Shipboard Fire, 200 Sailors Treated for Smoke, and a Stop in Croatia for Repairs

From Venezuela to Iran to a Fire That Sent 200 Sailors for Smoke Treatment — The USS Gerald R. Ford Has Been Pushed Harder...

Christian D. OrrApril 5, 2026

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 29, 2019) USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) conducts high-speed turns in the Atlantic Ocean. Ford is at sea conducting sea trials following the in port portion of its 15 month post-shakedown availability. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Connor Loessin)

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USS Gerald R. Ford Is the Most Advanced Aircraft Carrier Ever Built — The U.S. Navy May Have Pushed It Into War Before It Was Ready

The Ford Aircraft Carrier Borrowed Its Vacuum Sewage System From the Cruise Ship Industry — Cruise Ships Don’t Run 19-Hour Combat Operations When the...

Christian D. OrrApril 5, 2026

210618-N-JW440-2165 STRAIT OF MALACCA (June 18, 2021) As seen from the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67), the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) transits the South China Sea with the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Halsey (DDG 97). The ships are part of Task Force 70/Carrier Strike Group 5, conducting underway operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Rawad Madanat)

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China’s Next Aircraft Carrier Will Be Nuclear-Powered, Carry 100+ Aircraft, and Displace 120,000 Tons — It’s Already Under Construction at Dalian

The Type 004 Will Be Larger Than the USS Gerald R. Ford and Carry More Aircraft — China’s First Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Is Already...

Steve BalestrieriApril 4, 2026

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U.S. Dive Bombers Sank 4 Japanese Aircraft Carriers in a Single Day at Midway — The Pilots Attacked While Enemy Planes Were Refueling on Deck

Midway Gave the U.S. Navy Time to Develop the Island-Hopping Strategy That Eventually Won the Pacific War Early in World War II, the Japanese...

Brent M. EastwoodApril 4, 2026

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Italy’s Aircraft Carrier Isn’t a Smaller Version of an American Nuclear Supercarrier — It’s an Entirely Different Kind of Warship

The Cavour Aircraft Carrier Was Designed in the Late 1990s for Mediterranean Peacekeeping and NATO Operations — Not High-Intensity Warfare Largely forgotten in defense...

Caleb LarsonApril 4, 2026

ATLANTIC OCEAN (June 14, 2011) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) conducts rudder turns during sea trials. Dwight D. Eisenhower completed a nine-month planned incremental availability at Norfolk Naval Ship Yard on June 10 and is scheduled to resume underway operations this summer. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Christopher Stoltz/Released)

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U.S. Aircraft Carriers Project Power by Getting Close to Enemy Shores — China’s Entire Military Is Built to Make Sure They Can’t Get Close Enough

U.S. Aircraft Carriers Must Stay Beyond Visual Range to Survive China’s Anti-Ship Ballistic Missiles — That Reduces Their Fighter Wings’ Effectiveness The People’s Liberation...

Brandon WeichertApril 3, 2026

Pre-Commissioning Unit John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) transits the James River as the ship departs for Builder’s Trials, Jan. 28, 2026. Builder’s Trials provide an opportunity to test ship systems and components at sea for the first time, and make required adjustments prior to additional underway testing. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jayden Howard)

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The U.S. Navy Will Soon Be Down 3 Supercarriers and There Is No Way To Stop It

3 U.S. Aircraft Carriers Are About to Be Unavailable at the Same Time The decline of U.S. naval shipbuilding has been well documented over...

Isaac SeitzApril 3, 2026

(July 14, 2024) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) returns to Naval Station Norfolk, July 14, 2024, concluding a nine-month deployment to the Atlantic. Eisenhower, the flagship of the Ike Carrier Strike Group, departed Norfolk October 14, 2023 to conduct a scheduled deployment to U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet area of operations in support of maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts, and enhanced vigilance activities operations with NATO Allies and Partners. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Hunter Day)

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China Might Think It Can Sink Every U.S. Aircraft Carrier — But Wants 9 Supercarriers in 9 Years

DF-21D, DF-26B, DF-17, and DF-27 — Inside China’s Four ‘Carrier Killer’ Missiles and Why None of Them Have Been Proven in Combat With the...

Steve BalestrieriApril 3, 2026

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No One Knows When U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier USS Gerald R. Ford Will Come Home

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

‘The Deck Might Melt’: The USS Gerald R. Ford Aircraft Carrier Can’t Fly New F-35C Stealth Fighters

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

The USS Gerald R. Ford Aircraft Carrier Has Been to Hell and Back — Extended Deployment, a Shipboard Fire, 200 Sailors Treated for Smoke, and a Stop in Croatia for Repairs

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

USS Gerald R. Ford Is the Most Advanced Aircraft Carrier Ever Built — The U.S. Navy May Have Pushed It Into War Before It Was Ready

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

China’s Next Aircraft Carrier Will Be Nuclear-Powered, Carry 100+ Aircraft, and Displace 120,000 Tons — It’s Already Under Construction at Dalian

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

U.S. Dive Bombers Sank 4 Japanese Aircraft Carriers in a Single Day at Midway — The Pilots Attacked While Enemy Planes Were Refueling on Deck

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Italy’s Aircraft Carrier Isn’t a Smaller Version of an American Nuclear Supercarrier — It’s an Entirely Different Kind of Warship

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

U.S. Aircraft Carriers Project Power by Getting Close to Enemy Shores — China’s Entire Military Is Built to Make Sure They Can’t Get Close Enough

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The U.S. Navy Will Soon Be Down 3 Supercarriers and There Is No Way To Stop It

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China Might Think It Can Sink Every U.S. Aircraft Carrier — But Wants 9 Supercarriers in 9 Years

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