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The future USS John F. Kennedy, the second Ford class aircraft carrier for the U.S. Navy, has begun its initial sea trials.
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Future USS John F. Kennedy, Second Ford Class Carrier, Has Set Sail For The First Time

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 28, 2026

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle expressed concern about the strain on the USS Gerald Ford Carrier Strike Group after more than 200 days at sea.
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)

Navy’s Top Admiral Concerned About Strain On Ford Carrier Strike Group

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jan 14, 2026

Online flight tracking data shows that a pair of U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets flew right into the center of the Gulf of Venezuela earlier today, and stayed there for some 40 minutes.
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F/A-18 Super Hornets Were Just Tracked Flying Deep Inside The Gulf Of Venezuela (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Dec 9, 2025

As U.S. President Donald Trump suggests Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro wants to talk, the USS Ford is now about 700 miles north of Caracas.
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Pressure On Maduro Cranked Up As USS Gerald R. Ford Arrives In Caribbean

By Howard Altman

Posted on Nov 17, 2025

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle expressed concern about the strain on the USS Gerald Ford Carrier Strike Group after more than 200 days at sea.
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)

Supercarrier USS Gerald R. Ford Enters U.S. Southern Command’s Area Of Responsibility

By Howard Altman

Posted on Nov 11, 2025

Though the Trump administration's goals for Venezuela remain unclear, more military assets could be on the way to the Caribbean.
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)

U.S. Examining Sites To Send Additional Military Assets To Caribbean

By Howard Altman

Posted on Nov 7, 2025

Though ordered to the Caribbean as part of the ongoing counternarcotics mission, the USS Gerald R Ford aircraft carrier is holding off the coast of Africa.
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)

Carrier USS Ford Holding Off Of North Africa As Trump Reportedly Won’t Strike Venezuela

By Howard Altman

Updated on Nov 6, 2025

A high-ranking Russian official said Moscow recently delivered air defense systems to Venezuela.
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Moscow Just Gave Venezuela Air Defenses, Not Ruling Out Strike Missiles: Russian Official

By Howard Altman

Posted on Nov 4, 2025

President Donald Trump says he plans to sign an executive order that would compel the U.S. Navy to use steam-powered catapults and hydraulic elevators on new aircraft carriers.
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)

Executive Order To Go Back To Steam Catapults On New Aircraft Carriers Coming: Trump

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Oct 28, 2025

The U.S. Navy's supercarrier USS Gerald R. Ford and at least a portion of the rest of its strike group have been ordered to Latin American waters.
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)

Supercarrier USS Ford Being Pulled From Europe And Ordered To Caribbean

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Oct 24, 2025

China’s full-size aircraft carrier test facility, a key part of the country’s path toward establishing a carrier fleet and associated air wings, has been modified once again. The latest reworking suggests that the aircraft carrier mockup is now intended to represent a layout similar to the U.S. Navy’s Ford class. This may well point to the configuration of China’s next homegrown carrier design, or at least one of the configurations now under study.
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)

China’s Giant Land-Based Carrier Mockup Grows In Size, Now Resembles Ford Class

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 16, 2025

Dual Band radar still had problems prior to USS Ford's first deployment.
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)

USS Gerald R. Ford Was Still Struggling With Its Dual Band Radar Prior To Deployment

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

Posted on Feb 5, 2025

Norfolk Naval Station, Norfolk, Virginia (April 1, 1999 -- President Clinton addresses U.S. and NATO military personnel, families, and civilian Department of Defense employees to express America's thanks to personnel deployed overseas in support of U.S. and NATO operations, as well as underscore the importance of NATO Operation Allied Force in Kosovo. (U.S. Navy photo by PH1(SW) Benjamin D. Olvey)
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New Aircraft Carrier To Be Named After Bill Clinton

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jan 14, 2025

The USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) is now the first U.S. Navy supercarrier to have a complete dedicated Unmanned Air Warfare Center (UAWC).
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Supercarrier USS George H.W. Bush Now Has First Of its Kind Drone Control Center

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 16, 2024

General Atomics has told TWZ that it’s looking at adapting its ship-based Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System and Advanced Arresting Gear, EMALS and AAG, respectively, for use from land bases. While the company first developed EMALS and AAG for the U.S. Navy’s Ford class aircraft carriers, the growing interest in expeditionary campaigns ashore is driving new thinking about how to operate aircraft without access to large traditional runways.
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Ford Class Carrier’s EMALS Catapults, AAG Arrester Gear Eyed For Land Bases

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 23, 2024

A new target on a range in northwestern China is clearly a full-scale representation of the U.S. Navy's aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford.
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China Has New Full-Scale Target Of America’s Ford Supercarrier

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 5, 2024