The carrier has had mechanical problems throughout its eight-month deployment, but officials now say it is ready for battle.

Military demands, delayed construction and a law requiring the Navy to have at least 11 active carriers cast doubt on whether ...

USS Gerald R. Ford has surpassed eight months at sea after shifting from a planned Mediterranean deployment to Caribbean and ...

The massive ship is more than a platform for launching aircraft: it's a technological fortress designed to project American ...

From heroic service in World War II to operations in the Middle East, these vessels fought across the world and are now anchored as permanent museums.

WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon is sending a second aircraft carrier group - the USS Gerald Ford - to the Middle East, according to a senior administration official and three sources familiar with the ...

The U.S. is sending the world’s largest aircraft carrier to the Middle East, joining the USS Abraham Lincoln and its strike group already positioned in the U.S. Central Command (Centcom) area, as ...

The USS Ford Carrier Strike Group has been notified that they are leaving the Caribbean and headed to the Middle East, according to two U.S. officials familiar with the decision. The Ford will join ...

The U.S.S. Gerald R. Ford is not expected to return until late April or early May. By John Ismay and Eric Schmitt Reporting from Washington The aircraft carrier U.S.S. Gerald R. Ford and its escort ...

Charlie D'Agata is CBS News' senior national security correspondent. He was previously a senior foreign correspondent and has spent more than two decades covering international news for CBS. The USS ...

The world’s largest aircraft carrier has been ordered to sail from the Caribbean Sea to the Middle East, a person familiar with the plans said Thursday, as U.S. President Donald Trump considers ...