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Key Points and Summary – The Department of Defense has accelerated the delivery of the USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) to March 2027, following...
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Key Points and Summary – The Department of Defense has accelerated the delivery of the USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) to March 2027, following...
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 – The U.S. Navy does not disclose an exact flank speed for the Ford-class aircraft carrier, but public materials describe...
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 – The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier was meant to usher in a new era of U.S. naval power,...
Key Points and Summary – The Gerald R. Ford-class was billed as a revolution in carrier design, but it has become a case study...
The US Navy Ford-class aircraft carrier program already has a long and fascinating history. Some would say this class of carriers has suffered from...
United States Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on Sunday that it will deploy the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group to the Eastern Mediterranean...
While Biden’s team is using the deployment as diplomatic and military virtue signaling, it is not clear that the carrier strike group’s presence will...
There are probably worse ways to spend a summer than on a cruise in the Mediterranean — even if that happens to be on...