Right now, the United States Navy has one nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the venerable USS Nimitz, loitering around ... it can carry F-35C Lighting IIs, E-2D Hawkeye AWACS, EA-18G Growlers ...

The iconic American-made Nimitz-class aircraft carriers first set sail more than ... the Nimitz’s decks as part of Operation Evening Light. In the 1990s and through the early 2000s, Nimitz ...

The service has one aircraft carrier able to deploy with F-35C Lighting II Joint Strike Fighters ... aircraft carrier — either Ford-class or Nimitz-class — that can support the service ...

Large-deck carriers of the Nimitz and Ford classes have ... jamming of enemy communications, etc. A light carrier would lack sufficient aircraft and deck space to perform multiple missions ...

Some Nimitz-class aircraft carriers are known for participating ... dubbed the Thousand Points of Light service initiative. This event got its name from President George H. W.

Amphibious dock landing ship USS Comstock (LSD-45) returned to San Diego on June 5, wrapping up a three-month deployment to ...

The carriers are being configured operate the F-35C stealth fighter. The F-35C is a single seat, multi-role fighter aircraft designed to eventually replace the F/A-18 legacy Hornet. The Navy’s future ...

a light aircraft carrier used during World War II. "The Cabot flight deck helps us to tell the story of escort carriers in World War II," Gilliam said. "The Nimitz lets us tell the story of what ...

The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group includes the aircraft carrier Nimitz ... Eventually, the carrier assisted with Operation Evening Light in an attempt to rescue those hostages, though the mission ...

Photos taken by a ship spotter show that the Nimitz was leaving Naval Base ... The Kaga is undergoing conversion into a light aircraft carrier. An F-35B fighter jet performs a night flight test ...