Aircraft Carrier Archives

USS Enterprise. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

Dollars and Sense

Star Trek’s George Takei Watched Aircraft Carrier USS Enterprise Run Aground — and Called It ‘Enterprise on the Rocks’

Summary and Key Points: In 1983, the USS Enterprise — the world’s first nuclear-powered carrier — was returning from a Pacific deployment when it...

Isaac SeitzMay 30, 2026

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This U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier Survived Weeks of Bombs, Missiles, and Torpedoes

Summary and Key Points: The USS America (CV-66), a Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier, served the Navy for 30 years — through Vietnam, the 1986...

Steve BalestrieriMay 30, 2026

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Meet the J-35: China’s Answer to the F-35 Stealth Fighter and U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier Power

China may soon operate its J-35 stealth fighter from all three of its aircraft carriers — a significant upgrade to the PLA Navy. Only...

Steve BalestrieriMay 29, 2026

Libre Aircraft Carrier Naval Group Image

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France’s 80,000-Ton Nuclear Libre Aircraft Carrier Has a Message for the U.S. Navy

France is building an 80,000-ton nuclear supercarrier, the FS France Libre — twice the displacement of the Charles de Gaulle and the largest warship...

Steve BalestrieriMay 29, 2026

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The F-14 Tomcat Fighter Became a Legend — but It Nearly Died From Inflation and Engine Cracks First

Summary and Key Points: The F-14 Tomcat became one of the most successful fighters in U.S. Navy history — a Mach 2.3 jet that...

Harry J. KazianisMay 29, 2026

The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) completes the first scheduled explosive event of Full Ship Shock Trials while underway in the Atlantic Ocean, June 18, 2021. The U.S. Navy conducts shock trials of new ship designs using live explosives to confirm that our warships can continue to meet demanding mission requirements under harsh conditions they might encounter in battle. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Riley B. McDowell)

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The U.S. Navy Cannot Replace The Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier — Even If It Wanted To

Summary and Key Points: Congress and the Pentagon are reviewing the Ford-class aircraft carrier program — including whether the CVN-80 and CVN-81 block buy...

Harrison KassMay 27, 2026

INS Vikramaditya Aircraft Carrier from Russia

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Russia Gave India an Aircraft Carrier for Free in 2004 — India Spent $2 Billion Upgrading It, It Arrived Five Years Late, and Broke Down En Route

In 2004, India struck what appeared to be the deal of the century — Russia handed over the Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier at virtually...

Brandon WeichertMay 26, 2026

The first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) transits the Atlantic Ocean, March 19, 2023. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean executing its Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), an intense, multi-week exercise designed to fully integrate a carrier strike group as a cohesive, multi-mission fighting force and to test their ability to carry out sustained combat operations from the sea. As the first-in-class ship of Ford-class aircraft carriers, CVN 78 represents a generational leap in the U.S. Navy’s capacity to project power on a global scale. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jackson Adkins)

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

China Built a Full-Scale Replica of a Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier in the Gobi Desert to Practice Destroying It — the Navy Is Still Debating EMALS

Summary and Key Points: China has spent the last decade constructing a full-scale replica of the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier on a...

Andrew LathamMay 26, 2026

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Trump on Ford-Class Supercarrier: ‘We’re going to be upping that to a different class of aircraft carrier’

Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao has inherited the Ford-class aircraft carrier review launched by his predecessor, John Phelan, and, with it, the...

Brent M. EastwoodMay 26, 2026

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Dollars and Sense

Star Trek’s George Takei Watched Aircraft Carrier USS Enterprise Run Aground — and Called It ‘Enterprise on the Rocks’

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

This U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier Survived Weeks of Bombs, Missiles, and Torpedoes

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Meet the J-35: China’s Answer to the F-35 Stealth Fighter and U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier Power

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

France’s 80,000-Ton Nuclear Libre Aircraft Carrier Has a Message for the U.S. Navy

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The F-14 Tomcat Fighter Became a Legend — but It Nearly Died From Inflation and Engine Cracks First

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The U.S. Navy Cannot Replace The Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier — Even If It Wanted To

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Russia Gave India an Aircraft Carrier for Free in 2004 — India Spent $2 Billion Upgrading It, It Arrived Five Years Late, and Broke Down En Route

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

China Built a Full-Scale Replica of a Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier in the Gobi Desert to Practice Destroying It — the Navy Is Still Debating EMALS

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Trump on Ford-Class Supercarrier: ‘We’re going to be upping that to a different class of aircraft carrier’

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