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 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 ...

Norfolk-based USS Gerald R. Ford gets a special visitor: Celebrity Chef Robert Irvine During his stop, Irvine cooked alongside the U.S. Navy Culinary Specialists, who are responsible for running ...

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.

The USS Gerald R. Ford, the Navy's most advanced aircraft carrier is now on its first deployment, five years after it was commissioned into service and 15 years after its naming.

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 ...

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 Ford slipped into port Sunday at Naval … ...

NORFOLK, Va. — The Navy said the first deployment of the USS Gerald R. Ford is rescheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 4 at 12:30 p.m. It had been delayed from Monday due to weather concerns.

NORFOLK, Va. — High honors go to the officers and sailors of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford. The Ford on Monday was named the best all-around ship in the Atlantic Fleet, winning this ...

Commanding officer Rick Burgess leads the country music band Old Dominion onto the flight deck of the USS Gerald R. Ford for a concert and to film a music video at Naval Station Norfolk on Tuesday ...