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USS Gerald R. Ford spent 326 days deployed, fought in two major operations, suffered a serious fire and now faces months or even a...
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USS Gerald R. Ford spent 326 days deployed, fought in two major operations, suffered a serious fire and now faces months or even a...
USS Nimitz is still commissioned, but its combat career is over. A new refit would cost billions and consume years of scarce shipyard capacity.
The U.S. Navy built history’s strongest carrier force through experimentation, treaty compromises and expensive failures. These five ships and programs delivered the weakest return:...
Aircraft carriers are judged by the air power they put over the fleet. These five fell short in different ways: one was too slow,...
The five-inch Zuni rocket crossed roughly 100 feet of USS Forrestal's crowded flight deck and struck A-4E Skyhawk No. 405. The warhead never detonated,...
Combat has disrupted the US Navy's usual supply hubs, so deliveries to the carrier are being prioritized — food, then hygiene products, then mail....
On March 21, 1984, the 80,000-ton carrier USS Kitty Hawk struck the Soviet nuclear attack submarine K-314 in the Sea of Japan. When the...
The Khorramshahr-4 is one of the most powerful and technically ambitious medium-range ballistic missiles in Iran’s arsenal.
The US Navy is trading numbers for capability on purpose — every year an old boat stays running is a year of shipyard capacity...
The strange aircraft hanging above an F-22 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force was never an operational fighter. The $67 million...