The flattop, which operated from North Island for 11 years, is heading for Bremerton at the end of its final deployment.
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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 ...
The incidents of losing the two aircraft from the USS Nimitz while the Bremerton-based aircraft carrier operated in the South China Sea in October remain under investigation.
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How a Brutal Middle East Tour Pushed a US Carrier to the Breaking Point
From October 2023 to October 2025, the US Navy rotated multiple carrier strike groups to the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, and ...
USS George Washington (CVN-73) returned to her home port of Yokosuka while USS Abraham Lincoln is now in Guam.
F Super Hornet and a MH-60R Sea Hawk that crashed off the USS Nimitz in back-to-back incidents have been recovered.
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US Navy aircraft carriers might be their own worst enemy
A pair of mishaps in 2025 — back-to-back accidents with a Sea Hawk and Super Hornet from USS Nimitz in the South China Sea ...
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US Navy Successfully Recovers Two Lost Aircraft in the South China Sea
The two aircraft—a F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet and an MH-60R Seahawk helicopter, lost in separate crashes in October—were recovered from a depth of around 400 feet.
The USS Nimitz (CVN-68) makes her way into San Diego Bay mid-morning on Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, in San Diego, CA. The Nimitz, ...
Last week, the Navy recovered two aircraft that crashed into the South China Sea in two separate late October incidents off ...
The US Navy has recovered two aircraft that crashed into the South China Sea in October while flying off the USS Nimitz, the service said in a statement Tuesday.
The U.S. Navy said it recovered an F/A-18F Super Hornet and a MH-60R Seahawk lost from USS Nimitz in two separate incidents ...
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