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US Navy aircraft carriers might be their own worst enemyA pair of mishaps in 2025 — back-to-back accidents with a Sea Hawk and Super Hornet from USS Nimitz in the South China Sea ...
Leadership failures, training gaps and malfunctioning equipment drove the preventable loss of three F/A-18 Super Hornets and ...
The Truman aircraft carrier group conducted airstrikes for 52 days straight. Investigators found that not all of its ships or ...
Key failures were a faulty aircraft brake system, slippery non-skid deck coating unchanged since 2018, and poor coordination ...
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Aircraft carrier crunch: Can the US Navy afford to lose the USS Nimitz?The USS Nimitz, America’s oldest Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is slated to retire in April 2026 after more than 50 ...
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How a Brutal Middle East Tour Pushed a US Carrier to the Breaking PointFrom October 2023 to October 2025, the US Navy rotated multiple carrier strike groups to the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, and ...
One of the planes was accidentally shot down by the cruiser USS Gettysburg, which also fired on another Super Hornet.
The $60 million F/A-18 and a tow tractor slid off the USS Harry S. Truman while it evaded a Houthi missile attack, new ...
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