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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Feb 04, 2012) Aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65). Enterprise is underway participating in exercise Bold Alligator 2012. Bold Alligator 2012, the largest naval amphibious exercise in the past 10 years, represents the Navy and Marine Corps' revitalization of the full range of amphibious operations. The exercise focuses on today's fight with today's forces, while showcasing the advantages of seabasing. This exercise will take place 30 Jan - 12 Feb, 2012 afloat and ashore in and around Virginia and North Carolina. (US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nick C. Scott)

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Building Aircraft Carrier USS Enterprise Took Less Than 4 Years. Taking Her Apart Will Take Nearly 18. The US Navy Spent $902,000,000 Just Making Her Safe Enough to Sit at a Pier, and Another $111,000,000 Keeping Her There While It Decided What to Do.

GAO warned in 2018 that the job was closer to decommissioning a nuclear power plant than breaking up a ship, priced the public-shipyard route...

Steve BalestrieriSeptember 30, 2026

Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) sails in U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Sept. 24, 2026. The George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations to support maritime security and stability in the Middle East. (U.S. Navy photo)

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The US Navy’s Aircraft Carrier Air Wing Is What Makes Aircraft Carriers So Powerful. But That Air Wing Has Slipped from 90 Aircraft to 65 and Lost Its Edge

The A-6 Intruder left the fleet in 1997 and a number of them were sunk off Florida as artificial reefs. The stealth bomber built...

Steve BalestrieriSeptember 29, 2026

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The US Navy Planned to Deliver the Aircraft Carrier USS John F. Kennedy in July 2025. She Is Now Due in March 2027. The 20-Month Slip Came Down to Arresting Gear Certification and the Weapons Elevators — the Same 2 Systems That Held Up USS Gerald R. Ford.

Ford was built with thinner deck and bulkhead plates to save weight, and the steel turned out to be harder to work with —...

Caleb LarsonSeptember 28, 2026

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The US Navy Has No Way to Get Close to China Without Being Showered by Thousands of Missiles and Drones

Any US war with China would be expeditionary, fought at the end of long supply lines, while China would defend close to home with...

Brandon WeichertSeptember 27, 2026

US Navy Aircraft Carrier At Sunset Creative Commons Photo

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A Canadian Oberon-Class Diesel Submarine Built in the 1960s Worth About $80,000,000 Slipped Past an Entire US Navy Carrier Group. The $5,500,000,000 Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Was ‘Sunk’.

Ocean Venture '81 ran from August 1 into October with ships and aircraft from 14 countries. In one phase, a force built around USS...

Jack BuckbySeptember 26, 2026

NORFOLK, Va. (May 16, 2026) USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) returned to Naval Station Norfolk, May 16, 2026, following a historic 11-month deployment to U.S. 2nd, 4th, 5th, and 6th Fleets as part of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group. Before returning to Norfolk after 326 days, the Gerald R. Ford crew conducted 23 replenishments-at-sea and sailed over 57,713 nautical miles. Embarked Carrier Air Wing 8 logged more than 5,760 flight hours and 12,200 flight launches. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mike Shen)

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Stealth Surprise at 3600 Degrees: 100,000-Ton Nuclear US Navy Aircraft Carrier USS Gerald R. Ford Is Missing F-35C Fighters

The problem is heat. F-35C exhaust needs jet blast deflectors tougher than the ones installed, plus classified spaces for the aircraft's mission systems —...

Jack BuckbySeptember 24, 2026

Brazilian Navy Niterói-class frigate Defensora (F 41), and U.S. Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), steam in formation alongside Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), part of Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, during a bilateral maritime engagement in the Atlantic Ocean, May 13, 2026. Nimitz is deployed as part of Southern Seas 2026, which seeks to enhance capability, improve interoperability, and strengthen maritime partnerships with countries throughout the region through joint, multinational, and interagency exchanges and cooperation. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Gina Gallia)

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USS Nimitz Was Supposed to Retire in May After 51 Years. Its Replacement, USS John F. Kennedy, Is Late, So It Serves Until March 2027.

USS Nimitz was commissioned in May 1975 after seven years and almost $2 billion, and her design shaped nine more carriers through 2009. She...

Shay BottomleySeptember 24, 2026

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An Investigation Uncovered All Propeller Shafts on 65,000-Ton HMS Prince of Wales Royal Navy Aircraft Carrier Had Been Misaligned When the Aircraft Carrier Was Constructed

During sea trials of Royal Navy Aircraft Carrier HMS Prince of Wales, both shafts were tested over thousands of nautical miles, and their vibration...

Jack BuckbySeptember 24, 2026

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The US Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Fantail Opening: Here’s What It Is Used For

An engine hits what maintainers call "high time" at 3,000 hours, and each one has six modules, so a whole engine is rarely what...

Georgia GilholySeptember 22, 2026

Queen Elizabeth-Class Aircraft Carrier Royal Navy

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Britain budgeted £3.9 billion for two aircraft carriers, spent about £7.6 billion, then watched HMS Prince of Wales break down days after leaving Portsmouth, wreck a 22-ton propeller, and sit in the yard for nine months — at times the Royal Navy has had neither ship available

Two aircraft carriers were meant to guarantee one always at sea. Breakdowns have left the Royal Navy with stretches of none instead.

Caleb LarsonSeptember 17, 2026

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Building Aircraft Carrier USS Enterprise Took Less Than 4 Years. Taking Her Apart Will Take Nearly 18. The US Navy Spent $902,000,000 Just Making Her Safe Enough to Sit at a Pier, and Another $111,000,000 Keeping Her There While It Decided What to Do.

Aerospace & Defense

The US Navy’s Aircraft Carrier Air Wing Is What Makes Aircraft Carriers So Powerful. But That Air Wing Has Slipped from 90 Aircraft to 65 and Lost Its Edge

Aerospace & Defense

The US Navy Planned to Deliver the Aircraft Carrier USS John F. Kennedy in July 2025. She Is Now Due in March 2027. The 20-Month Slip Came Down to Arresting Gear Certification and the Weapons Elevators — the Same 2 Systems That Held Up USS Gerald R. Ford.

Aerospace & Defense

The US Navy Has No Way to Get Close to China Without Being Showered by Thousands of Missiles and Drones

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A Canadian Oberon-Class Diesel Submarine Built in the 1960s Worth About $80,000,000 Slipped Past an Entire US Navy Carrier Group. The $5,500,000,000 Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Was ‘Sunk’.

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Stealth Surprise at 3600 Degrees: 100,000-Ton Nuclear US Navy Aircraft Carrier USS Gerald R. Ford Is Missing F-35C Fighters

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USS Nimitz Was Supposed to Retire in May After 51 Years. Its Replacement, USS John F. Kennedy, Is Late, So It Serves Until March 2027.

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An Investigation Uncovered All Propeller Shafts on 65,000-Ton HMS Prince of Wales Royal Navy Aircraft Carrier Had Been Misaligned When the Aircraft Carrier Was Constructed

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The US Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Fantail Opening: Here’s What It Is Used For

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Britain budgeted £3.9 billion for two aircraft carriers, spent about £7.6 billion, then watched HMS Prince of Wales break down days after leaving Portsmouth, wreck a 22-ton propeller, and sit in the yard for nine months — at times the Royal Navy has had neither ship available

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