Nearly 4,500 sailors depart aboard the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group for deployment to the U.S. European Command.

The Norfolk-based USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group will deploy near the Middle East on Tuesday, AP reports.

Families waving signs and banners watched a quartet of tugs push the world’s largest warship off the pier and on to its ...

The USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group has set sail from the U.S. on a journey that may eventually lead it toward the ...

Odalys Garcia sat alone on a rock at Iowa Point on the James River’s edge waiting for the slow-cruising warship to come into ...

Family of crew members assigned to the world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) gathered at Naval ...

U.S. Navy officials said the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier strike group would be heading home after being deployed to the Middle East following the Oct. 7 attack on Israel.

The USS Gerald R. Ford, the Navy's most advanced aircraft carrier is now on its first deployment, five years after it was commissioned into service and 15 years after its naming.

USS Ford returns to Norfolk, Virginia, on Jan. 17, 2024. U.S. Fleet Forces The Ford was initially due back around November but was extended through the holidays.

USS Ford's first deployment delayed because of looming nor'easter. The Navy announced that Ford is set to depart on Tuesday at 12:30 p.m., one day later than originally scheduled.

The USS Gerald R. Ford is the world's largest aircraft carrier. It is the first of the Ford-class carriers and the most technologically advanced carrier to date. The US has sent the carrier toward ...