The US Navy's next Ford-class supercarrier is setting sail for a new test at sea

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The US Navy USS John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier sitting in blue water with a lightly cloudy sky in the background.
The USS John F. Kennedy launched out of Newport News on Wednesday.

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Turkey wants to make its first aircraft carrier longer, even after beating the UK and France at ship length

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks in front of two warships at a shipyard.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Saturday that his country's new aircraft carrier would be even longer than previously designed.

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With a boom and sparks, this $60 million Navy jet's aircraft carrier landing unraveled in seconds

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An F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to the
An F/A-18 lands on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman.

US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Logan McGuire

A US aircraft carrier's hard turn to avoid enemy fire surprised sailors and sent a jet with bad brakes into the sea

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The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman sails through the Mediterranean Sea on May 18.
The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman made a hard turn before sending a fighter jet and a tow tractor overboard.

US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Mike Shen

How the UK's newest aircraft carrier feeds 1,600 troops a day, with regular steaks, roast dinners, and kangaroo

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Royal Navy Sailors having lunch at the Junior Rates dining area.
Royal Navy Sailors having lunch at the Junior Rates dining area.

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China is making big aircraft carrier moves. Here's how its flattops stack up against the US Navy.

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China's aircraft carrier CNS Fujian sailing in a deep blue ocean.
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Nuclear-powered aircraft carriers would give China's growing navy new reach, and researchers say it's working on the reactor to power one

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A satellite image shows various sites of China building a nuclear reactor for an aircraft carrier.
China built a land-based prototype nuclear reactor for a large warship, potentially an aircraft carrier.

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A US F-35 stealth fighter just landed on a destroyer Japan turned into an aircraft carrier for the first time off the California coast

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An F-35 stealth fighter jet sits on the tarmac of an aircraft carrier with a flight operator standing in the distance.
The US and Japan are working together on integrating F-35B short-takeoff/vertical landing variants on Japan's new aircraft carrier.

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How the US Navy tried — and failed — to sink carrier USS America for weeks

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An aerial port view of the Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier USS America (CV-66).
The US Navy controversially blasted ex-aircraft carrier America in a 2005 exercise to examine its ability to sustain damage.

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A bizarre comment stirred speculation India may try to match China's carrier fleet

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India is building a third aircraft carrier whose size and ski-slope design are similar to that of the INS Vikrant, which entered service in 2022.
India is building a third aircraft carrier whose size and ski-slope design are similar to that of the INS Vikrant, which entered service in 2022.

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