The USS Harry S. Truman is returning home after an extended Red Sea deployment, joint NATO drills, and combat ...

NORFOLK, Va. ( WGN) — As part of a time-honored United States Navy tradition, a Wheeling native assumed command of the world’s largest aircraft carrier on Monday.

This week’s story takes us onboard USS Gerald R ... capabilities allow the Ford to see a 25% increase in flights over the Nimitz class. The Ford also has two hangar bays compared to 3 on ...

BEHIND ME, ALL YOU SEE IS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, BUT TAKE A FEW STEPS INSIDE THIS HANGAR BAY AND YOU’LL SEE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT TYPES OF AIRCRAFTS THAT THE USS GERALD R FORD CARRIES. RIGHT HERE.

The USS Gerald ... down below in the hangar bay. Another major asset is the F-35C Lightning II, which can vertically takeoff and has stellar landing capabilities. The USS Gerald R.

In February 2021, USN planners “rushed” the Blue Water UAS to the deck of the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier ... Water’s removable internal cargo bay. Three of the flights demonstrated ...

3,124 hangar bay aircraft moves, 2,883 aircraft elevator moves, 16,351 aircraft fueling evolutions, and transferred 8,850 pallets of cargo and mail.” In other words, USS Gerald R. Ford operated ...

has the story. STEVE WALSH, BYLINE: Just days before returning to Norfolk, the crew of the USS Gerald R. Ford gathered in the ship's main hangar bay to hear Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro.

Sailors assigned to the world’s largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R ... according to the Navy. “The Ford crew conducted 33,444 flight deck moves, 3,124 hangar bay aircraft moves, 2,883 ...

Welcome home, USS Gerald R. Ford. The Navy’s newest aircraft ... conducted 33,444 flight deck moves, 3,124 hangar bay aircraft moves and 16,351 aircraft fueling evolutions, according to the ...

Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro visited USS Gerald R ... Del Toro rode a weapons elevator down to the hangar bay of the Ford. Hundreds of crew members, gathered there in response to an ...

ABOARD THE USS GERALD R. FORD (AP ... The defense secretary met with a group of sailors in the Ford’s hangar bay to talk about the various dangers in the region that the carrier, the ...