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Carrier Ford’s Extension to the Middle East Could Break Recent Deployment Records

This post has been updated to include details of the 2020 Nimitz Strike Group deployment. Aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), its escorts and embarked Carrier Air Wing 8 have been tasked ...

Future U.S. Navy Supercarriers ‘Could’ Be Named USS Biden And USS Trump

Eight of the United States Navy's 11 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers are named to honor former presidents, even as just six ...
The Week

USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier deployment signals major shift: ‘Large-scale’ Iran-US war looms

These preparations are happening alongside diplomatic talks, with the White House keeping all options on the table should ...

US sending second aircraft carrier group to Middle East, sources say

The Pentagon is sending a second aircraft carrier group – the USS Gerald Ford – to the Middle East, according to a senior ...

Used in operation to capture Maduro, US sends world’s largest aircraft carrier near Iran – is It a warning or prepping for action?

The move comes while talks with Tehran are still happening. It shows that the United States is ready to use military force if the negotiations fail.

Second US aircraft carrier is being sent to the Middle East, AP source says

The world’s largest aircraft carrier has been ordered to sail from the Caribbean Sea to the Middle East, a person familiar ...
New Hampshire Public Radio

The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier is in the Caribbean. Here's its backstory

The world's largest and most expensive aircraft carrier has arrived in the Caribbean. U.S. Southern Command announced Sunday that the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group had made its way ...