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US Navy aircraft carrier to be broken down for just a cent arrives at scrapyard after 16,000-mile final voyage
The warship served for nearly 50 years and spent more than a decade in mothballs before the Navy ma…
Ryan Pickrell  Â
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A last-of-its-kind US Navy aircraft carrier is headed to the scrapyard after being sold for a cent
The aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk was in mothballs for over a decade before it was sold to a ship…
Julie Coleman  Â
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The US Navy sold 2 obsolete aircraft carriers to scrap dealers for a cent each
Breaking up an old ship is a costly process. The US Navy sold two aircraft carriers to a firm that …
Thomas Colson  Â
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How a pilot who's landed on 6 different classes of aircraft carrier prepared to land on the Navy's newest flattop
For a quarter-century, Capt. Cassidy "Dudley" Norman has had a front-row seat to the evolution of t…
Courtney Mabeus  Â
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How Navy aircraft carriers have projected US military might all over the world for 86 years
Decades of hard experience have made the US Navy's aircraft carriers an imposing centerpiece for th…
Benjamin Brimelow  Â
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The shipbuilding empire fueling China's naval rise is a juggernaut, but tough questions remain
China's shipbuilding capacity and ambitions are major strengths, but it faces potential struggles a…
Chris Panella  Â
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A Soviet attack submarine crashed into a US aircraft carrier 40 years ago during the Cold War. It was a bad day for the sub.
During the Cold War, the Soviet submarine K-314 crashed into the USS Kitty Hawk, an American aircra…
Ella Sherman  Â
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A first-in-class US Navy supercarrier is about to set sail on its maiden deployment for the first time in over 40 years
The first-in-class carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, the Navy's most advanced flattop, is finally ready t…
Ryan Pickrell  Â
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The US Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier has left the Pacific to cover the Afghanistan pullout
The Navy says that the Japan-based USS Ronald Reagan will provide airpower support as the US pulls …
Ryan Pickrell  Â
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How the Army's elite Delta Force pulled off a record-setting mission against the Taliban only weeks after 9/11
In the hours after the September 11 attacks, the US military began planning what remains the longes…
Stavros Atlamazoglou  Â
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'QAnon Shaman' Jacob Chansley has been sentenced to 41 months in prison for his role in the Capitol riot
After spending 8 months in jail, Chansley struck a deal in September to plead guilty to one count o…
Kenneth Niemeyer  Â
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The story of the first special-ops mission deep inside Afghanistan just weeks after 9/11, from troops who were there
A few weeks after the September 11 attacks, the Army's Delta Force, Rangers, and "Night Stalkers" w…
Stavros Atlamazoglou  Â
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This US Navy flattop has been sailing the high seas with a Captain America battle flag and a flight deck full of a F-35 stealth fighters
Battle flags are a Navy tradition with a long history."From Oliver Hazard Perry's 'Don't Give Up th…
Ryan Pickrell  Â
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'Q Shaman' seen storming the Capitol shirtless in face paint and a furry headdress with horns is a Navy veteran
Jacob Chansley, a prominent figure in the QAnon conspiracy movement, was kicked out of the Navy aft…
Ryan Pickrell  Â
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China warned the US to steer clear of Taiwan, but the US Navy says its ready to send an aircraft carrier through the strait anyway
There were reports last June that the US was considering sending an aircraft carrier through the st…
Ryan Pickrell  Â
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China warns the US 'tread lightly' after US warships put Beijing on edge in the tense Taiwan Strait
The US has long insisted it doesn't need permission. "We don't need China's permission to go throug…
Ryan Pickrell  Â
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Sergey Brin is secretly building a massive zeppelin in a NASA hangar, report says
According to the report, Alphabet has nothing to do with Brin's blimp project - though, as Vance po…
Matt Weinberger  Â
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Dow Jones soars more than 400 points as trade war fears subside
"The question on everyone's mind is: Is this an 'ice cube' or the tip of an iceberg," Ethan Harris,…
Graham Rapier  Â
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How the problems on the US Navy's new supercarrier helped them build the next one cheaper and faster
"Working through all those different technical issues [on the Ford], we developed a set of industry…
Christopher Woody  Â
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China's growing submarine force is 'armed to the teeth' - and the rest of the Pacific is racing to keep up
Japan is also growing its navy, which had 18 subs in early 2016. In November, it launched its 10th …