Currently, delivery of the second Ford-class carrier is expected in early 2030. While all but one of the Navy’s operating aircraft carriers are Nimitz-class ships, the future of the fleet will ...

NORFOLK, Va. ( WGN) — As part of a time-honored United States Navy tradition, a Wheeling native assumed command of the ...

An aircraft carrier airwing’s mainstay will always be its fighter jets, through which the carrier battle group can project force and take the fight to an adversary.

However, that doesn't mean aircraft carriers are invincible — especially where certain types of missile are concerned. The Gerald R. Ford carrier class is part of an effort to replace the Navy's aging ...

(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Kyree Rogers) The U.S. Navy shared this photo of a Columbus native serving aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George ...

The U.S. Navy’s oldest aircraft carrier, the USS Nimitz, arrived in Guam on Friday ... Nimitz is set to be replaced by the Gerald R. Ford-class USS John F. Kennedy, which is expected to be ...

Newsweek's weekly update maps the locations of 10 aircraft carriers in the Indo-Pacific region as of April 18.

As the Nimitz-class carriers retire, fielding their Ford-class replacements in a timely ... From submarines and aircraft carriers to destroyers and fighter jets, the Navy is experiencing budgetary ...