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Award-winning journalist Stephen Silver reports on a 30-hour fire aboard USS Gerald R. Ford in the northern Red Sea, displacing over 600 sailors from...
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Award-winning journalist Stephen Silver reports on a 30-hour fire aboard USS Gerald R. Ford in the northern Red Sea, displacing over 600 sailors from...
Summary and Key Points: With the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln already positioned in the Arabian Sea, the USS Gerald R. Ford...
Summary and Key Points: USS Gerald R. Ford is extending its June 24, 2025, deployment and shifting to the Middle East amid rising tensions...
With no aircraft carrier currently in CENTCOM, the Navy is weighing options as tensions rise with Iran—but the Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. Daryl...
Synopsis: The U.S. Navy’s newest carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford, was redirected in late October 2025 from European operations into the Caribbean to support...
Key Points and Summary – In late November 2025, President Trump abruptly declared Venezuelan airspace “closed,” alarming Caracas and U.S. allies amid a growing...
Key Points and Summary – Once mocked as an overpriced, late, and possibly obsolete mistake, the Ford-class is quietly becoming the centerpiece of America’s...
USS Gerald R. Ford is on a ‘stress test’: As President of the United States (POTUS), Gerald R. Ford visited more than a dozen nations...
The U.S. Navy’s newest and most advanced aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) departed Naval Station Norfolk last Friday to make the transit...
Getting a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier ready for her maiden deployment is no small task. The good news is that this month the USS Gerald...