USS Nimitz claims title of longest-serving aircraft carrier from ‘Big E’
The 51-year-old USS Nimitz was commissioned on May 3, 1975.
By Riley Ceder
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USS Nimitz arrives in Caribbean as US-Cuba tension mounts
The U.S. Department of Justice charged former Cuban president Raúl Castro on Wednesday for his part in a 1996 plane shoot-down that killed three Americans.
By Riley Ceder
US Navy is reviewing cost of future Ford-class carriers to ensure they ‘make sense’
The service is looking at how superior Ford-class carriers are to Nimitz-class carriers, said the recently ousted Navy Secretary John Phelan.
By Riley Ceder
USS Nimitz returns home for likely last time before retirement
The aircraft carrier is set to return to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, and be decommissioned in 2026 after 50 years of service.
By Riley Ceder
US Navy recovers helicopter, jet that crashed in South China Sea
The service on Friday salvaged an F/A-18F Super Hornet and MH-60R Seahawk helicopter that crashed in the South China Sea on Oct. 26.
By Riley Ceder
Navy tries to recover helicopter, jet that crashed in South China Sea
A MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter and F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz went down less than an hour apart on Oct. 26.
By Riley Ceder