Ford is not just any technological marvel—she’s the most advanced and most powerful ship in the world.

Secretary of the Navy John Phelan embarked USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), the flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 12, to observe the strike group’s Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), Apr.

The Gerald R. Ford class is designed to maximize the striking power of the embarked carrier air wing. The ship’s systems and configuration are optimized to maximize the sortie generation rate ...

ABOARD THE USS GERALD R ... The Ford and its strike group are now preparing to pick up where they left off — training for a deployment that could task the ships and the air wing with defending ...

“That little plane was pure Gerald R. Ford: simple, comfortable, down-to-Earth, and reliable,” says retired Colonel Bob Blake, Air Force assistant to Ford when he was vice president and presiden ...

The advanced weapons elevators were previously an issue on the first-in-class USS Gerald R. Ford. Navy officials suggested ... a combat ready CVN, crew, and air wing." Read next ...