Considering the ramp-up in violence in the Near East, the USS Gerald R. Ford could have an eventful deployment.

After upgrades and testing, the USS Gerald R Ford deploys again, signaling growing US naval presence and potential escalation ...

Families waving signs and banners watched a quartet of tugs push the world’s largest warship off the pier and on to its ...

The USS Gerald R. Ford launched on its first deployment in 2023 to the Mediterranean. The carrier and its strike force are en route toward Israel to provide support after an attack by the ...

FILE: USS Gerald Ford, Aug. 20, 2021, departing Naval Station Norfolk, en route Newport News Shipyard. / Credit: Petty Officer 1st Class Ryan Seelbach, via DVIDS.

In May, the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford pulled away from Naval Station Norfolk for its first full-length, combat deployment. That maiden cruise was a long time coming. Originally supposed to ...

Carrier won%27t be ready for service until 2016 Ford costs %2412.5 billion%2C %242 billion more than anticipated President Ford died in December 2006 WASHINGTON -- With the smashing of a bottle of ...

NORFOLK, Va. (Tribune News Service) — The USS Gerald R. Ford and its strike group completed the final certification needed to ready the aircraft carrier for its maiden warfighting deployment.

The USS The Sullivans and the USS Arleigh Burke launched strikes over the weekend, shooting down Iranian ballistic missiles targeting Israel. The USS Thomas Hudner has been deployed to the area to ...

Sailors and their families and friends observe the USS Gerald R. Ford’s 10,001th launch from the flight deck June 25. Friends and family members were invited aboard Ford to experience a day in ...

NORFOLK, Va. (Tribune News Service) — The USS Gerald R. Ford’s first deployment was postponed due to severe weather forecast for Hampton Roads as a nor’easter looms to the south.

USS Gerald R Ford expected to deploy for first time in October ... we want interchangeability with our partners,” Capt. Paul Lanzilotta, Ford’s commanding officer, said in the release.