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France Temporarily Authorizes U.S. Aircraft at Middle East Bases

Paris casts the move as a short-term step to help safeguard Gulf partners.

USS Gerald R. Ford Redeployed Toward Middle East as Two-Carrier Posture Takes Shape

UK Confirms Operation Firecrest, Sending Carrier Strike Group to the North Atlantic and High North in 2026

Navy’s Next Ford-Class Carrier John F. Kennedy Begins Builder’s Sea Trials

Future USS John F. Kennedy Begins First Builder’s Sea Trials

USS Abraham Lincoln Reaches Indian Ocean After Malacca Transit

China’s Newest Carrier Fujian Makes First Taiwan Strait Transit Since Commissioning

Navy Recovers Nimitz Super Hornet and Seahawk From South China Sea

China’s New Carrier Fujian Completes First At-Sea Training With Strike Group

China’s Catapult-Equipped Type 076 ‘Sichuan’ Begins Sea Trials as Naval Aviation Push Intensifies

China Commissions Fujian, Its First EMALS Carrier, in Push for Blue-Water Power

Trump Vows Executive Order Mandating Steam Catapults on Future U.S. Carriers

USS Gerald R. Ford Leads Neptune Strike as NATO Takes Control of Carrier Group

China’s Fujian Carrier Launches J-35, J-15T and KJ-600 Using EMALS

China’s Fujian Carrier Transits Taiwan Strait En Route to South China Sea Trials

Gerald R. Ford Carrier Group Enters North Sea as Lincoln Joins Northern Edge Off Alaska

USS Carl Vinson Returns to San Diego After Nine-Month Deployment

USS Carl Vinson Arrives in Pearl Harbor for Final Leg to San Diego

China’s First Homegrown Carrier Shandong Opens Five-Day Port Call in Hong Kong