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America’s 355-ship Navy does not have to be the current fantasy
The challenge to reaching a 355-ship fleet is quite clear. Here are the changes that must take place.
By Everett Pyatt
Latest "Ford class" stories
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Navy’s next flattop launched!
The future JFK went for a little swim down the James River.
By Courtney Mabeus
How the new flattop John F. Kennedy got its island
The Navy's second Ford-class aircraft carrier, the John F. Kennedy, now looks like a real flattop after getting her island placed on May 29 — a date that would have been JFK's 105th birthday.
By Mark D. Faram
Why the once-maligned flattop Ford is finally getting a lift (or 11)
Navy officials say they are finding "efficiencies" and reducing "redundancies" in how they are building, testing and certifying their new Advanced Weapons Elevators, raising hopes that all eleven will be up and running by the time the ship heads back to sea later this year.
By Mark D. Faram
Once beleaguered by critics, the Ford gets a lift
The aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford just got closer to becoming a fully operational flattop.
By Mark D. Faram