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

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 ...

Odalys Garcia sat alone on a rock at Iowa Point on the James River’s edge waiting for the slow-cruising warship to come into view. She wanted one last, distant glance of her 23-year-old husband ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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 … ...

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’s executive officer Matthew Mulcahey receives a welcome home from his family upon returning from the ship’s eight-month maiden deployment, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024.