Aircraft Carriers: USS Gerald Ford

[designeraccd]

WOW! After being about SEVEN years late for her initial deployment the FORD returns after 7 weeks at sea and in ports........oooooh. Certainly not the crew's fault, but how many high ranking Admirals DO de$erve the "credit" for this 13+ BILLION dollar FUBAR afloat? DFO

[Pelican]

US $800B Aircraft Carrier Is Finally Ready For Action

One in every four aircraft carriers in the world belongs to the US and the total combined deck space of American aircraft carriers is more than double that of all other nations combined. When it comes to aircraft carriers, the US is unmatched. And the new 17-billion-dollar USS Gerald Ford Supercarrier would make that even more so, despite efforts of other nations to keep up. The USS Gerald Ford is the lead of America’s first class of aircraft carriers in over four decades, and its deployment is something more than the usual17-billion-dollar USS Gerald Ford meet the new American flagship – it is an introduction of the world to the next generation of aircraft carriers.

See - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVSjObNJ-rI

[Brian James]

An F/A-18F Super Hornet attached to the Blacklions of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 213, arrests on Lead Ship USS Gerald R. Ford, March 14th, 2023. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean executing its Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), an intense, multi-week exercise designed to fully integrate a Carrier Strike Group as a cohesive, multi-mission fighting force.

[Pelican]

The Crazy Life Inside World’s Largest $13 Billion Aircraft Carrier in Middle of the Ocean

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwhnXCzaN2A - LFT

[Pelican]

USS Gerald R. Ford Has Finally Set Sail On Its First Full Deployment

The Navy’s newest aircraft carrier is set to conduct operations in European waters, at least initially, for its first operational cruise.
See - https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/u ... deployment

[Brian James]

USS Gerald R. Ford.....May 2nd 2023.

[Brian James]

USS Gerald R. Ford came under NATO command yesterday while preparing to conduct activities in the Norwegian Sea.

[Brian James]

USS Gerald R. Ford.....July 11th 2023.

[Pelican]

Shipbuilders prepare to secure 200,000-pound emergency diesel generator for John F. Kennedy (CVN 79), the second nuclear-powered aircraft carrier of the Gerald R. Ford class, currently under construction at Newport News Shipbuilding. May 5, 2016.

[Brian James]

F/A-18E Super Hornet traps aboard USS Gerald R. Ford, August 3rd, 2023.