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Where Are America’s Aircraft Carriers Now?

Although the US Navy has 11 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in active service, only around half are deployed at any given ...
The U.S. Navy will continue to support its ongoing operations in the Caribbean, while trying to maintain a presence in both ...
American Aircraft Carrier John C. Stennis Is Still Out of Action: At a time when the U.S. Navy could use all of the aircraft carriers it can get for global deployments in several hot spots, the USS ...
The future USS John F. Kennedy is scheduled to be handed over to the U.S. Navy in March 2027, and Pete Hegseth recently ...
Watch how the Space Launch System rocket RS-25 undergoes a core stage engine test-fire. Credit: NASA's Stennis Space Center Republican warns Trump admin move "disastrous" for security Ashlee Buzzard ...
These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout ...
Mississippi has enjoyed an outsized role in national defense for most of the modern era. From World War II airfields to Cold War shipyards to today’s cyber, space, and naval missions, the Magnolia ...
Dec. 17 (UPI) --The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz docked at Naval Base Kitsap on Tuesday after completing a 270-day deployment that likely was its last before being retired. Thousands gathered at thel ...
President Trump announced on Monday a new class of battleships as part of the U.S. Navy’s “Golden Fleet.” The president said that he approved a plan for the Navy to start construction of the two ...
President Trump’s plan for new American battleships appears to be going for a “bigger-is-better” mantra — perhaps a nod to the commander-in-chief whose name they will carry. The Trump-class vessels ...
President Donald Trump announced plans to build a new "golden fleet" of naval vessels, starting with two battleships. The first "Trump class" battleship will be named the USS Defiance, with plans for ...
The centerpiece of the Trump administration’s revamp of the U.S. Navy is the largest surface combatant America will build since World War II. The U.S. Navy will buy two new “battleships” as part of ...