NORFOLK, Va. — The Norfolk-based USS Gerald R. Ford, and its nearly 4,500 Sailors, is set to return home Saturday morning, ending the longest deployment of an aircraft carrier since the Vietnam war, ...

A U.S. Navy Sailor from Airborne Command and Control Squadron 124 returns to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, on May 11, 2026. (MCS Robert S. Price/ U.S. Navy) Jets and helicopters assigned to the ...

NORFOLK, Va. — The U.S. Navy announced Monday that the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group is officially heading home, bringing an end to what has been described as the Navy’s longest aircraft ...

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NAPLES, Italy — The USS Gerald R. Ford left the Mediterranean Sea this week, a significant milestone in capping a record-breaking deployment that has seen the aircraft carrier on duty in a range of ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Monday will see the USS Gerald R. Ford hit the 300-day mark for its ...

Sailors who have been aboard the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford over the last nine months are mere days away from breaking the record for the longest deployment in the United States' post-Cold ...

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, ...

Gerald Paddio, an integral member of UNLV basketball’s 1987 Final Four season, died in a single-car crash Saturday, according to Louisiana law enforcement. He was 60. According to local reports, ...

The world’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, has departed Croatia after receiving repairs during a five-day port visit, the Navy announced Thursday, a sign the warship could be poised ...

A U.S. sailor signals to an F/A-18F Super Hornet on the flight deck of the USS Gerald R. Ford during Operation Epic Fury, March 17, 2026. (U.S. Navy) The world’s largest aircraft carrier is expected ...