China Has Unlocked the Secret to Winning the Aircraft Carrier Race—And That’s a Direct Threat to America
America’s newest aircraft carrier is the USS Gerald R. Ford, the only non- Nimitz class ship in the fleet and the first of ...
Map Shows US and Chinese Aircraft Carriers in Pacific This Week
Newsweek's weekly update maps the locations of 12 aircraft carriers in the Indo-Pacific region as of February 7.
The National Interest1d
Can America Afford the $13 Billion Ford-class Aircraft Carrier?
The Ford-class is pricey, but the Navy can’t just throw away its ability to launch fighter jets from the sea. The journey of the U.S. Navy’s Ford-class aircraft carriers has not been smooth sailing.
Philippine Daily Inquirer19d
US aircraft carrier joins PH in WPS patrols
and patrol aircraft as well as an American symbol of military power—the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70). “This MCA is a crucial element of our continued efforts to strengthen ...
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The one-of-a-kind ex-USS John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier is heading to the scrapyard, but a new JFK flattop is coming
The decommissioned aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy embarked on its final journey to be dismantled earlier this week. The Kennedy was moored at the Navy's Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility in ...
Houston Chronicle20d
Massive Navy aircraft carrier heading to Texas to be destroyed
A former U.S. Navy supercarrier and the last conventionally powered aircraft carrier in existence is heading south to Texas. But it's not coming to join Battleship Texas; when this one arrives ...
USNI21d
Report to Congress on Ford-class Aircraft Carrier Program
The aircraft carriers CVN-78, CVN-79, CVN-80, CVN-81, CVN-82, and CVN-83 are the first six ships in the Navy’s new Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers (CVNs).
Nikkei Asia21d
World's largest LNG carrier fleet is about to get even bigger
TOKYO -- Japan's three biggest marine shipping companies aim to increase their total of liquefied natural gas carriers more than 40% by fiscal 2030, anticipating a global rise in LNG production ...
The National Interest22d
Why Aircraft Carriers Are Becoming Obsolete
The meta-problem with the aircraft carrier is straightforward enough. Every new development in missile technology makes it harder and harder to claim that aircraft carriers are worth the ticket price.
The News Journal22d
A decommissioned Naval aircraft carrier will pass through the Delaware Bay Thursday
The ex-USS John F. Kennedy, a decommissioned U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, will travel down the Delaware Bay Thursday on its way to Texas for dismantling. The ship left the Navy Yard in Philadelphia ...
WTKR22d
Goodbye Big John; Ex- John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier on its final voyage
A long-serving aircraft carrier, one that started its life in Hampton Roads, is in its final days. The former USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) left Philadelphia Thursday for its final voyage.
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Ex-USS John F Kennedy aircraft carrier departs Philly for final journey
After a weather-related delay, the aircraft carrier left the U.S. Navy’s Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility in South Philadelphia on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, around 10 a.m. to start its trip to ...