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The Nimitz strike group could reach the Middle East later this week, an observer said. The aircraft carrier (picture in 2024) was commissioned in 1975 and is one of the U.S. Navy's older class of ...
The US Nimitz-Class aircraft carrier represents one of the most powerful and complex nuclear-powered warships in the world. This video explores how the Nimitz-class operates, revealing the ...
The U.S. Navy shared this photo of a Columbus native serving aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington. Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Aircraft Handling) 1st Class Christopher ...
Fighter jet falls off aircraft carrier into the ocean The U.S. Navy says an F-18 fighter jet was being towed out of a hangar on the USS Truman when the plane and the towing vehicle crashed overboard.
The U.S. Navy’s eldest aircraft carrier set sail out of San Diego on Wednesday for what is sure to be its final trip. The Nimitz, which was first commissioned in 1975 and given a service ...
Almost 50 years on from its commissioning date, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) departed Naval Base Kitsap on Mar. 21, 2025, for a deployment to the Indo-Pacific. The ...
As the USS Nimitz counts down the time to say goodbye to Bremerton, the Navy announced its proposal to homeport another aircraft carrier at Naval Base Kitsap — the Ford-class USS John F. Kennedy ...
Naval Base Kitsap would swap the Navy’s oldest aircraft carrier, the USS Nimitz, for its newest, the USS John F. Kennedy, under a plan released Friday.
An improvement on the Nimitz class' steam-powered catapult, the EMALS has a higher launch capacity, sending aircraft barreling down the 300-foot track at over 150 miles per hour.
Aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) completed its first post-planned incremental availability exercise while under way in the Pacific Ocean on 27 September, taking another step towards returning ...
The Navy had announced in 2023 that the Nimitz would be retired in 2025, with the second-oldest carrier of the class, the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, scheduled to retire in 2026.
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