U.S. Navy Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat from Fighting Squadron 71 (VF-71) and Royal Air Force Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vc of No. 603 Squadron RAF on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-7) on 19 April 1942. Having landed her torpedo planes and dive bombers at Hatson in Orkney (UK), Wasp had loaded 47 Spitfires ofContinue reading “USS Wasp (CV-7)”
Category Archives: US Aircraft Carriers
World’s oldest active supercarrier conducts one of its final major overseas missions
May 15, 2026, by Fatima Bahtić The US Navy’s oldest active aircraft carrier, USS Nimitz (CVN-68), has completed one of its final major overseas deployments after taking part in multinational naval exercises under the Southern Seas 2026 mission. The exercise, led by US Naval Forces Southern Command/US 4th Fleet, concluded this week following a series ofContinue reading “World’s oldest active supercarrier conducts one of its final major overseas missions”
USS Gerald R. Ford Now in the Red Sea, USS George H.W. Bush Wraps Pre-Deployment Exercises
Mallory Shelbourne – March 6, 2026 3:34 PM Aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is now operating in the Middle East as the U.S. war with Iran nears its second week. The Pentagon on Friday posted photos showing Ford and USS Bainbridge (DDG-96) sailing through the Suez Canal on Thursday. The transit takes the Navy’s newest aircraft carrier into aContinue reading “USS Gerald R. Ford Now in the Red Sea, USS George H.W. Bush Wraps Pre-Deployment Exercises”
On November 14 1910, Pilot Eugene Ely was the first person to fly off a ship turning the USS Birmingham into the world’s first aircraft carrier
US Navy Releases Harry S Truman Carrier Strike Group Investigations
BySeaWaves Magazine – Dec 8, 2025 U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mike Shen On 4 December 2025, the US Navy released investigations related to the four incidents at sea that occurred during Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group’s September 2024 to May 2025 deployment. These investigations assessed underlying procedural compliance andContinue reading “US Navy Releases Harry S Truman Carrier Strike Group Investigations”
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