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US military to deploy aircraft carrier to South America
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The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford, billed by the US Navy as “the most capable, adaptable, and lethal combat platform in the world,” is being sent to the Caribbean as the Trump administration ramps up military pressure on Venezuela over alleged drug trafficking.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is routing a carrier strike group to US Southern Command to bolster efforts in a new Caribbean drug war.
China’s newest aircraft carrier may only be able to conduct air operations at about 60% the rate of a 50-year-old US Navy carrier, two former US carrier officers say, a substantial combat limitation for a vessel meant to revolutionize Beijing’s fleet.
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Navy career leads to aviation career for Air Capital veteran
Veteran Joshua Zink is enjoying a fulfilling career in the aviation industry in the Air Capital and says all of the things he learned working on the Navy's "eye in the sky" made his civilian career possible.