The Nimitz Class aircraft carrier continues to be the centerpiece of the forces necessary for operating forward. In times of crisis, the first question leaders ask in a crisis is: “Where are the ...

Two new aircraft carriers are being named after Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, continuing the Navy convention of naming ...

While the White House publicized the decision, the responsibility and authority to name ships lies squarely in the hands of ...

Summary and Key Points: The USS Nimitz (CVN-68), the U.S. Navy's oldest in-service aircraft carrier ... about the ship's layout and put the remaining nine Nimitz-class supercarriers and even ...

The Gerald R. Ford-class represents the latest generation of U.S. Navy aircraft carriers, designed to replace the aging Nimitz-class carriers. These ships feature advanced technologies ...

Future Gerald R. Ford-class nuclear-powered US aircraft carriers will be named after former presidents Bill Clinton and ...

the Ford-class of aircraft carrier is the first new class in more than 40 years and begins the phased replacement of Nimitz-class carriers. Clinton — who did not serve in the military — was ...

as part of the Navy’s newest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier class. There are 11 aircraft carriers in the current fleet, 10 of them are earlier Nimitz class ships. “The future USS William J. Clinton ...

The world's largest aircraft carrier is the USS Gerald R. Ford, which entered service in 2017. It's the lead ship in the U.S. Navy's latest Gerald R. Ford class of nuclear aircraft carriers, the ...