Tag: USS Gerald R. Ford

USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) deck department Sailors heave in a mooring line before departing Naval Station Norfolk. Ford is departing to conduct testing and evaluation operations. U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ruben Reed The US Navy uses many high tech methods to get the job done. Tradition! Have you […]

The USS Gerald R. Ford supercarrier (CVN-78) was commissioned in July, 2017 and had been conduction operations ever since. Take an inside look at recent activities on the amazing ship. The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is currently underway conducting testing and evaluation operations with embarked F/A-18F Super Hornets from Air Test and […]

Amazing video of the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) in action! Watch the first touch and go landing and much more! Featured image of an F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 piloted by Lt. Cmdr. Jamie Struck, performs an arrested landing aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) by US […]

ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 28, 2017) An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 piloted by Lt. Cmdr. Jamie Struck, performs an arrested landing aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78). The aircraft carrier is underway conducting test and evaluation operations. Less than one week after Pres. Donald J. Trump commissioned […]

For someone who loves tradition this is probably a sad day. We have all seen video of the steam rising from the catapult launch of a jet from a Navy aircraft carrier. Well, no more. The USS Gerald R. Ford CVN 78 uses an electromagnetic catapult system. Pretty cool technology! Enjoy taking a look at […]

Although the Navy’s newest super carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, has been garnering most of the attention lately, another carrier named after a president, the Nimitz class USS Harry S. Truman, just crossed a significant hurdle toward returning to full duty. The USS Harry S. Truman recently completed a significant overhaul intended to ensure […]

The first of the Ford-class super-carriers is now commissioned and ready for service in the Fleet. The USS Gerald R. Ford CVN 78 is the first new aircraft carrier design in 40 years for the US Navy and the largest in the world. The occasion was marked by the arrival of President Trump to the proceedings. […]

President Donald Trump, Secretary of Defense James Mattis, and a number of other prominent officials took part in Saturday’s commissioning ceremony for the most advanced, and expensive, warship ever to sail the high seas, the USS Gerald R. Ford.  The nuclear powered super carrier, first of a class that will bear its name, is the […]

The USS Gerald R. Ford, America’s newest and most advanced super carrier, is set to be commissioned into active duty on Saturday, after years of construction and testing.  As the crew of the Ford prepares for the event, they’ve offered the media an opportunity to get a sneak peek into the operations of the most […]

The United States isn’t the only nation with a massive new aircraft carrier setting out to sea, as this week saw the launch of the HMS Queen Elizabeth, Britain’s largest warship ever built, and its only aircraft carrier since retiring the much smaller HMS Illustrious in 2014. The British Navy calls its new ship, named […]

The US Navy accepted delivery of the USS Gerald R. Ford on May 31st. CVN 78 is the first in its class (Ford class) and first new carrier design since the USS Nimitz (CVN 68) came into the fleet in 1975. Delivery followed the ship’s successful completion of acceptance trials May 26. “Congratulations to everyone […]

In a speech given aboard the newest American aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, last week, President Trump congratulated the crew and shipbuilders on their accomplishments and reaffirmed his stance on establishing a larger, more powerful Navy, with our aircraft carriers continuing to serve as the centerpiece of our ability to project power across […]