Summary and Key Points: When fire broke out aboard the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford last March, the Navy described it ...

When a fire burned aboard the world’s biggest aircraft carrier in March as it took part in operations against Iran, the US ...

With 4,600 sailors finally home, USS Gerald R. Ford will finally receive some much needed repairs and an upgrade to its ...

Sailors in their dress whites lined the deck of the aircraft carrier as it pulled into Norfolk, Va., last weekend. Helenna Parrish let out a whoop when she spotted her daughter Asia, a culinary ...

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the Navy’s fiscal 2027 budget request in Washington on May 19, 2026. (Senior Chief Mass ...

Note: The above coverage aired on May 15. NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Nearly 4,500 sailors of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group returned to Naval Station Norfolk Saturday morning following a historic ...

After nearly 11 months at sea, the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group returned home Saturday, marking the end of a record-breaking deployment that Navy officials said was the longest for a ...

USS Gerald R. Ford returned to Norfolk Naval Station, Va., on Saturday, 326 days after leaving for what was supposed to be a standard deployment to Europe. Instead, the Ford and its crew of 4,500 were ...

After 11 months at sea, the USS Gerald R. Ford will return to Naval Station Norfolk on Saturday, the Navy confirmed Thursday. The Pentagon confirmed Friday that defense secretary Pete Hegseth will ...

The world’s largest aircraft carrier is finally returning home after etching its name into Navy history books by completing the longest post-Vietnam deployment by a carrier, the service’s top officer ...

After being diverted for combat with Venezuela and Iran, the U.S.S. Gerald R. Ford returned to Norfolk, Va., on Saturday after nearly a year at sea. By John Ismay Reporting from Washington The ...