Why the US Navy is quietly expanding its aircraft carrier fleet

America is getting more of the mighty flat tops.
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US Navy Experience – No Aircraft Carrier Sunk Since WW2

U.S. Navy’s 2005 SINKEX (Sinking Exercise) on the decommissioned supercarrier USS America (CV-66). This remains one of the ...

US Navy’s Oldest Supercarrier Won’t Be Decommissioned Until Next Year

By law, the US Navy is required to operate 11 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, which has required that the decommissioning ...

Navy F-18 that got the US’s first air-to-air kill in the 21st century is taking part in the Iran War

The Super Hornet, assigned to VFA-87 on the USS Gerald R. Ford, got a kill marking for taking out a Syrian Su-22 in 2017.

US Navy techs are stripping parts from fighter jets and subs to keep other ones working

Long delays to get parts for F/A-18 fighters and Virginia-class submarines have forced maintainers to strip from other ...

US aircraft carrier moves away from Iran war for repairs after fire

The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier is moving away from operations tied to the Iran war and sailing to the US Navy’s base in Crete for repairs after a fire broke out in the ship’s laundry area ...