NORFOLK, Va. — News 3 is following through, continuing our coverage of the Norfolk-based USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group's big training exercise kicking off this week. On Monday, News 3 talked ...

The Gerald R. Ford class is the future aircraft carrier replacement class for Enterprise and Nimitz class aircraft carriers for the U.S. Navy. The Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) was ordered from Newport ...

Almost 50 years on from its commissioning date, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) departed Naval Base ...

Gerald R. Ford is a first-in-class aircraft carrier and the first new aircraft carrier designed in more than 40 years. Ford is underway conducting carrier qualifications in the Atlantic Ocean.

As the USS Nimitz counts down the time to say goodbye to Bremerton, the Navy announced its proposal to homeport another aircraft carrier at Naval Base Kitsap — the Ford-class USS John F.

ATLANTIC OCEAN — USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) conducted a successful replenishment-at-sea (RAS) February 8 marking the ship's first time receiving fuel from a replenishment ship in more than 24 ...

An aircraft carrier isn't exactly an impulse buy that you find on display at grocery store checkouts, and it's a purchase ...

The journey of the U.S. Navy’s Ford-class aircraft carriers has not been smooth sailing. Since their inception, these cutting-edge warships have experienced delays, budgetary setbacks ...

When most people think of modern aircraft carriers and the nations that use ... In comparison, the USS Gerald R. Ford has an overall length of 1,092 feet, and its flight deck is 256 feet wide.

The general consensus ... take off and match U.S. carriers like the USS Gerald R. Ford, the Navy's largest and most advanced aircraft carrier. To accommodate four catapults, the ship will need ...

Photo:Chinese Defense Ministry. A Chinese Defense Ministry spokesperson on Friday called US reports claiming China is ...