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Liaoning Carrier Group Conducts Flight Operations Near Japan’s Southern Islands

The movement raises surveillance pressure and the risk of close encounters as U.S.-Japan Keen Sword exercises begin later this week.

White House Orders Navy to Plan Steam Catapults for CVN 81

USS Abraham Lincoln Returns to San Diego After Near‑Record Middle East Deployment

USS George H. W. Bush Strike Group Anchors Off Phuket for Crew R&R and Partnership Visit

Navy Takes Preliminary Acceptance of Carrier USS John F. Kennedy

USS Abraham Lincoln Leaves Thailand After Five-Day Pattaya Port Visit

Trump Orders Review to Replace EMALS With Steam on Future Ford‑Class Carriers

Navy Weighs Removing Doris Miller Name From Carrier CVN‑81

U.S. Deploys USS George Washington to Middle East to Replace Abraham Lincoln

U.S. Navy Weighs Naming Carrier for President Trump

U.S. Pullback From Asia Prompts Ally Alarm Over Deterrence

USS John F. Kennedy Completes Navy Acceptance Trials, Keeps Spring 2027 Delivery Target

USS Abraham Lincoln Strained by Extended Deployment as Navy Sends Relief

Trump Orders Navy to Replace EMALS With Steam Catapults on Future Ford‑Class Carriers

Congress Raises Alarm Over USS Abraham Lincoln's Nine-Month Deployment

USS John F. Kennedy Departs Newport News for Acceptance Sea Trials

USS Nimitz Will Serve as Centerpiece of International Naval Review 250 in New York

U.S. Naval Blockade of Iranian Ports Stays in Place as Strikes Continue

U.S. Navy Helps Rescue 14 Indian Mariners in Northern Arabian Sea

Sailor Killed in Firearm Incident Aboard Future Carrier John F. Kennedy