The USS George H.W. Bush – a 1,000-foot-long Nimitz-class carrier that can transport more than 80 aircraft – entered the Middle East Friday, the US Central Command announced on X.

WASHINGTON — The world's largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, broke the U.S. record Wednesday for the longest post-Vietnam War deployment, a nearly 10-month span that saw it take part in both the military raid in Venezuela and the Iran war.

The Navy's USS Gerald R. Ford supercarrier is about to break a modern record for the longest deployment of an aircraft carrier since the Vietnam War. By Tuesday, the Ford will have been at sea for 294 days, tying the record the USS Abraham Lincoln set in 2020.

The U.S. sends a third aircraft carrier to the Middle East, tightening a blockade on Iran as Defense Secretary Hegseth says Europe offers little support.

(CNN) — In mid-March, a fire tore through a compartment of the United States’ largest and most powerful aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford. The ship was floating in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, launching aircraft as part of the weeks-old war ...