The US Navy's grappling with another Ford-class supercarrier delay that could run into the next decade

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Gerald R. Ford is the U.S. Navy's newest and most advanced aircraft carrier, representing a generational leap in the U.S. Navy's capacity to project power on a global scale.
Gerald R. Ford is the U.S. Navy's newest and most advanced aircraft carrier, representing a generational leap in the U.S. Navy's capacity to project power on a global scale.

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jacob Mattingly

The UK's $3.7B flagship aircraft carrier caught fire in another embarrassing incident for the Royal Navy

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British aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth arrives in Oslo, Norway November 21, 2022.
British aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth arrives in Oslo, Norway November 21, 2022.

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See aboard the ex-supercarrier John F. Kennedy, the scene of one of the greatest military pranks of all time

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Sailors from John F. Kennedy CVN 79 tour decommissioned ship USS John F. Kennedy CVA 67 while it was moored at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
Sailors from the future aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) tour the decommissioned flattop John F. Kennedy (CVA 67) at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.

US Navy Photo by Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist Jayme Pastoric

Here's why it's an aircraft carrier tradition to catapult a pair of boots

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A pair of boots wait to be launched from the flight deck during a boot shoot.
Cmdr. Dennis Metz's boots wait to be launched from the flight deck during a boot shoot.

US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Bill M. Sanders

Watch the new US Navy supercarrier USS John F. Kennedy catapult heavy cars into a river to make sure the warship can handle planes

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The aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) is the second ship in the Gerald R. Ford class, the Navy's newest class of nuclear aircraft carriers.
The aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) is the second ship in the Gerald R. Ford class, the Navy's newest class of nuclear aircraft carriers.

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I catapulted off the deck of a US aircraft carrier in a largely windowless prop plane the Navy's been flying since the 1960s. It was jarring and intense.

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US Navy personnel perform inspections on our COD flight in Bahrain.
US Navy personnel perform inspections on our COD flight in Bahrain.

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See the hectic flight deck operations aboard a US Navy aircraft carrier in the Red Sea, where warplane pilots and crews are 'on alerts all the time'

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A fighter jet prepares for takeoff on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.
A fighter jet prepares for takeoff on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.

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Inside a deployed US Navy carrier strike group's tactical shift to kill Houthi missiles and drones before they ever take flight

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Sailors perform work to a fighter jet on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Sailors perform work to a fighter jet on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.

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US Navy aircraft carrier going head-to-head with the Houthis has its planes in the air 'constantly,' strike group commander says

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A fighter jet takes off from the deck of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.
A fighter jet takes off from the deck of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.

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Britain suffered an embarrassing aircraft carrier malfunction just as China started showing off its new carrier

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

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