For only the second time in its history, the US Navy is beginning the slow, tricky process of taking apart a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier

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Aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in Persian Gulf
USS Nimitz in the Persian Gulf in August 2013.

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40 years ago, a US Navy aircraft carrier ran aground as thousands of sailors' families watched

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USS Enterprise
USS Enterprise.

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China says its newest aircraft carrier will be able to launch 'new-type aircraft'

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China aircraft carrier Fujian
China's third aircraft carrier, the Fujian, in Shanghai during its launch ceremony on June 17, 2022.

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The newest US aircraft carrier is heading for deployment after a decade of hard lessons the Navy says it should 'never' do again

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Navy aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford
USS Gerald R. Ford in the Atlantic Ocean on March 19.

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The US Navy's newest supercarrier is underway with all its available airpower for the first time

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USS Gerald R. Ford in ocean
The USS Gerald R. Ford set sail on October 4, 2022, from Norfolk, Virginia.

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A first-of-its-kind fighter jet landing shows India's big ambitions for its growing aircraft carrier fleet

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India aircraft carrier Vikrant
The aircraft carrier Vikrant was delivered to India's navy on July 28, 2022.

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How unusually mild weather prevented what could've been the first aircraft carrier battle since World War II

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Argentina A-4 Skyhawk Veinticinco de Mayo aircraft carrier
An A-4 Skyhawk launches from Argentine aircraft carrier ARA Veinticinco de Mayo in 1982.

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