The lead ship of the new class has entered service, and over the next decade, the carriers will replace their Nimitz predecessors on a one-for-one basis. The USS Gerald R. Ford completed its first ...

It is the first in the new Gerald R. Ford-class of ships, replacing both the Enterprise and Nimitz-class aircraft carriers. Two nuclear reactors power the Ford to reach speeds of at least 34 mph.

Only six months after being deployed for NATO exercises in Norway, USS Gerald R. Ford diverted to the Eastern Mediterranean after the Hamas attack on Israel. In January 2024, CVN 78 and her crew ...

The USS Gerald R. Ford is the world's largest aircraft carrier. It is the first of the Ford-class carriers and the most technologically advanced carrier to date. The US has sent the carrier toward ...

The US Navy is ready to deploy a new first-in-class supercarrier for the first time in over four decades. The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford will set sail on its maiden deployment next week ...

The USS Gerald R Ford is the first in the Ford class of aircraft carrier that will include at least three other ships which are under various stages of construction. Constructed by Huntington ...

The Gerald R. Ford returns to Naval Station Norfolk ... Testing these systems is paving the way for future Ford-class carriers, like the future aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy, according to ...

Nineteen MH-60S and MH-60R Seahawk helicopters are assigned to the fleet of ships that sail with Ford, called the carrier strike group. Some fly directly from the carrier while others are assigned ...

WASHINGTON — The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier and its strike group are headed home from the Middle East after the Navy extended its deployment in response to the Israel-Hamas war in ...

The USS Gerald R. Ford might be the most powerful aircraft carrier to ever set sail. Every feature in this towering warship is best-in-class, from its flight deck and software-controlled ...