One carrier was already tired before it had a fire, another saw its service life extended for the second time, while the ...

The USS Nimitz will stay in service until March 2027. The extension matches delays for its replacement ship, the USS John F.

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

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

It took more than 30 hours for sailors to put out the fire aboard the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford last week, sailors and ...

Amid the US war with Iran, the Navy has decided to delay the decommissioning of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, which ...

A potent mixture of flammable materials, equipment pushed beyond its limits and human error could be behind a fire aboard the ...

The Navy’s oldest aircraft carrier will remain in the fleet 10 months longer than expected, according to a Friday contract announcement from the service. USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is now scheduled for ...

Aircraft carriers are some of the biggest seafaring vessels in the U.S. Navy's arsenal. They're so prodigiously huge — and require so much power — that refueling can take years in drydock. However, on ...