Latest Nimitz Class Stories
Navy’s MQ-25 Stingray Tanker Drone Goes Aboard A Carrier For The First Time
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Dec 2, 2021
Mysterious New Electronic Warfare System Spotted On U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Aug 6, 2021
The Pentagon Is Once Again Considering Early Retirement For One Of Its Aircraft Carriers
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Mar 11, 2021
Two U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers Just Teamed Up In The South China Sea
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Feb 9, 2021
Iran’s Missiles Landing Within 100 Miles Of A U.S. Carrier Is Provocative But Not Much Else
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jan 17, 2021
Reflections And Wisdom From A Cold War Submarine Hunter
By Kevin Noonan and Tyler Rogoway / Updated Dec 30, 2020
Two Navy Carriers Are About To Head Out On Grueling “Double Pump” Deployments
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Dec 10, 2020
This Is Our First Look At The Navy’s New CMV-22B Osprey Flying From An Aircraft Carrier
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Nov 23, 2020
Navy’s First Operational F-35C Squadron Fires Missiles As It Preps For Inaugural Cruise
By Jamie Hunter / Updated Jul 28, 2020
This Syria-Bound Super Hornet Is Carrying A Uniquely Massive Bomb Load
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 5, 2020
USS Nimitz Aircraft Carrier Deploys With Powerful New Infrared Sensor System
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jun 8, 2020
Navy Shelves Review That Might Have Cut Ford Class Production To Build Smaller Carriers
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated May 12, 2020
Navy Defers Decision On Reinstating Aircraft Carrier Captain Fired Over Ominous Letter
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Apr 29, 2020
This Massive Naval Exercise In 1989 Was The Pinnacle Of U.S. Cold War Maritime Might
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Dec 1, 2019
Navy Carrier Group Sets Sail Without Its Carrier As Maintenance Troubles Plague Force
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Sep 13, 2019
Behold The Navy’s New Radar For Nimitz Class Carriers And Amphibious Assault Ships
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Aug 21, 2019
Mattis’s New Unpredictable Carrier Strike Group Deployment Strategy Has Begun
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 16, 2019
Royal Navy’s New Supercarrier Trains Alongside Its US Counterpart For The First Time
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
Navy Reveals Which Carriers Will First Field Their Dumbed-Down MQ-25 Drone
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
Oil Tankers Supposedly Attacked In Persian Gulf As U.S. Carrier Group Approaches (Updated)
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated May 13, 2019
Awe-Inspiring Images From Underneath A Well-Worn USS Nimitz, The Navy’s Oldest Carrier
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Dec 21, 2018
U.S. Carrier Enters Arctic Circle For The First Time in 28 Years As New Cold War Heats Up
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Oct 22, 2018
Detailed Official Report On Harrowing Encounter Between F/A-18s and UFO Surfaces
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated May 22, 2018
Mothership’s Day: China’s New Carrier Sets Sail, French Fly From USS George H.W. Bush
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated May 14, 2018
Navy Could Extend The Life Of USS Nimitz Past 50 Years To Maintain 12 Carrier Fleet
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Apr 25, 2018
Navy F/A-18 Legacy Hornets Have Taken Their Last Cruise Aboard A U.S. Aircraft Carrier
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Apr 14, 2018
French Rafale Fighters Will Deploy Aboard An American Supercarrier This April
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jan 12, 2018
Navy Aircraft Crashes Carrying 11 From Okinawa To The USS Ronald Reagan (Updated)
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Nov 22, 2017
These Are The Images Of Three U.S. Supercarriers In Formation You’ve Been Waiting For
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Nov 13, 2017
The XO Of The USS Nimitz Has His Own “Dirty Jobs” Series Aboard The Carrier
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Nov 10, 2017
U.S. Navy Shows Off Might In South Korea As North Threatens Guam Once Again
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Oct 13, 2017
Here’s The Definitive Account Of The Syrian Su-22 Shoot Down From The Pilots Themselves
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Sep 14, 2017
Indian Navy MiG-29Ks Make Low Approaches To USS Nimitz During “Malabar” Drills
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 17, 2017
Carrier Group Nowhere Near North Korea Last Weekend: Feint Or Fumble?
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Apr 19, 2017
Does US Carrier’s About Face In Asia Signal Impending North Korea Showdown?
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Apr 9, 2017
Sailors Make Snow Angels On Deck Of Supercarrier During Storm
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jan 10, 2017