It was deployed to support Operation Southern Spear. The ship is the first of a new class of aircraft carriers being built for the U.S. military.

YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — The USS George Washington quietly left the home of the U.S. 7th Fleet on Thursday to resume its annual patrol, two days after it hosted President Donald Trump. The ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s decision to shift the nation’s most advanced aircraft carrier to South America in his campaign against drug cartels is pulling the ship out of the ...

The United States Navy has redirected the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford from Europe to the Caribbean as part of an expanded military operation targeting drug trafficking networks, a move drawing ...

President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi pledged to tighten security cooperation and increase defense funding as they visited the aircraft carrier USS George Washington at a ...

An MH-60R Sea Hawk, attached to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 73, launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz during flight operations in the U.S. Central ...

The legendary American aircraft carriers are a mobile floating military airbase and a powerful tool of geopolitical influence. Due to the impressive buoyancy and reliable protection of the aircraft ...

A Navy fighter jet and helicopter based off the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz crashed into the South China Sea within 30 minutes of each other Sunday afternoon, the U.S. Pacific Fleet said on social ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A fighter jet and a helicopter based off the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz both crashed into the South China Sea within 30 minutes of each other, the Navy's Pacific Fleet said. The ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A fighter jet and a helicopter based off the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz both crashed into the South China Sea within 30 minutes of each other, the Navy’s Pacific Fleet said. Novo ...

Two navy aircraft from the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier crashed just 30 minutes apart into the South China sea over the weekend – but all five crew members from both craft were mercifully rescued ...

Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) conducts a replenishment-at-sea with a Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship on July 23, 2025. US Navy photo The Navy is investigating the fuel supply ...