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The Navy Is Preparing to Commission Its Next Ford-class Carrier
The Ford-class USS John F. Kennedy is expected to reach operational capacity by the end of the decade. USS Nimitz just ...
The Aviationist on MSN15d
USS Nimitz Sets Sail For Likely Final Deployment
Almost 50 years on from its commissioning date, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) departed Naval Base ...
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Gerald R. Ford Class Aircraft Carrier
The new A1B reactor, Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS), Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) and Dual Band Radar (DBR) all offer enhanced capability with reduced manning. The Gerald R. Ford ...
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Navy’s Ford-class aircraft carrier may come to Bremerton as early as 2029
The USS John F. Kennedy is the second aircraft carrier of the nation's new Gerald R. Ford class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. It was procured in the fiscal year 2013 and christened at ...
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Ford carrier group equipped with new anti-drone weapons for possible Mideast deployment
ABOARD THE USS GERALD R. FORD — Two F-18 fighter jets roared above the USS Gerald R. Ford, flying past the aircraft carrier in the direction of a destroyer sitting on the horizon. Four other ...
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Even while tied up in port, the Navy's newest aircraft carrier is still testing its ability to fight
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78 ... divers from the Seaward Marine Corporation coordinated with Ford's engineering, reactor, and combat systems departments, to complete hull cleaning, inspection ...