On its final deployment following nearly half a century of service, the Navy’s oldest operational aircraft carrier was ported ...

Nearly half a century after its first deployment, the Navy’s oldest active aircraft carrier made a rare visit to Bahrain that ...

The United States is a global military superpower without equal. America’s military supremacy is due to multiple factors, ...

Two months after returning from an eight-month deployment to the US 5th and 6th Fleet areas of operation, the US Navy’s ...

CENTCOM is keeping a heightened posture as the threat from Iran persists despite a ceasefire, General Joseph Votel said.

The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is in port in Bahrain, marking the first time an aircraft carrier has visited the Middle ...

The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group returned home after 269 days at sea, continuing a trend of longer-than-normal ...

US Navy/National Archives The USS Nimitz was commissioned in May 1975. At the time of its commissioning, it was only the second nuclear-powered carrier ever built, after the USS Enterprise.

The USS Carl Vinson conducted missions in the U.S. 3rd, 5th and 7th Fleet areas of operations, including strikes against ...

The 1,092-foot-long USS Nimitz named after the legendary World War II naval commander Adm. Chester William Nimitz Sr. was one of the largest ships on earth at the time of its commission and saw ...

In March, the USS Carl Vinson was ordered to the Middle East and arrived in April, when it carried out strikes against ...

Launched just over a year before the bicentennial of the United States in 1975, the USS Nimitz has been diagnosed with mechanical problems that will keep it sidelined for at least two months.