Two new aircraft carriers are being named after Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, continuing the Navy convention of naming ...
The Navy will name two future Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers for former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.
The following is the Jan. 14, 2025, Congressional Research Service report, Navy Ford (CVN-78) Class Aircraft Carrier Program: ...
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 ...
May 1975 - Cambodia seizes the American ship Mayaguez. Ford sends in the Navy, Marines and Air Force. The ship is retaken and the crew of 39 is rescued, although 41 American service members are killed ...
Sailors assigned to USS Gerald R ... time flying with Ford, and the professionalism is outstanding. "It's amazing to see the professionalism and how the Ford makes us feel welcomed," Henderson ...
Clinton and George W. Bush. The lead ship, the Gerald R. Ford, is seen here traversing through the Strait of Gibraltar on Jan. 5, 2024. (MC2 Jacob Mattingly/U.S. Navy) The Navy announced Monday it ...