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The US Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan, is leaving Japan after nearly a decade in the Pacific
USS Ronald Reagan, stationed in the Pacific for roughly nine years, will be replaced by USS George …
Ella Sherman,Chris Panella
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US, UK, and Japanese aircraft carriers are training together in the Pacific. Here's how their 'big decks' stack up
It's been a busy two months for the American, British, and Japanese navies — especially their carri…
Benjamin Brimelow
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Armed US fighter jets launched from a Navy aircraft carrier are flying overwatch for evacuations in the Afghan capital
The F/A-18s were launched from the USS Ronald Reagan, which provided airpower to the withdrawal and…
Ryan Pickrell
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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
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A deadly fight 33 years ago shows just how destructive a war between the US and Iran could get
Operation Praying Mantis, the largest US naval action since World War II, offers a glimpse of what …
Benjamin Brimelow
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The US Navy is planning to 'recycle' one of its first supercarriers. Here's what's next for USS Nimitz
The Navy has the ambitious goal of building a fleet with 546 ships by 2051. USS Nimitz won't be one…
Benjamin Brimelow
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US F-18 fighter jet crashes into the Philippine Sea in the second USS Reagan crash in one month
The F-18, part of Carrier Air Wing 5 onboard the USS Ronald Reagan, experienced a "mechanical issu…
Bill Bostock,Bill Bostock
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Watch the flyover of a US Navy aircraft carrier from inside the cockpit of a Blue Angel F/A-18 Hornet
Check out these two videos of the flyover of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group at sea in the…
Ryan Pickrell
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That Time Ronald Reagan Hosted Those 'Freedom Fighters' At The Oval Office
This photograph is from 1983, when Reagan and the CIA were dancing around the idea of arming Mujaha…
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The US Navy has no aircraft carriers deployed in Pacific as Middle East conflicts pull the Pentagon's focus from China
The US faces a carrier gap in the Pacific, where tensions continue to rise amid aggressive actions …
Chris Panella
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Demands in the Middle East risk leaving an aircraft carrier-sized hole in US naval power in the Western Pacific
As the fights in the Middle East continue to pull the US military's focus to challenges there, a ca…
Chris Panella
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Where did the Titanic sink? The wreck location may not be where you think it is.
An OceansGate submersible named Titan was on an exploratory mission to the Titanic when it disappea…
Hannah Getahun
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US orders aircraft carrier to stay near Taiwan as Chinese planes and ships deploy near the island and missiles fly in response to Pelosi's visit
Taiwan's defense ministry said China's military sent 68 aircraft and 13 ships to participate in mil…
Jake Epstein
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A US carrier and a pair of ships carrying F-35 stealth fighters are operating near Taiwan amid Chinese warnings: report
The ships are conducting normal operations but could linger in the area should a need arise, a seni…
Abbie Shull
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North Korea fires ballistic missile in a show of 'defiance' days before Vice President Kamala Harris visits region
North Korea's action came as South Korean and US forces, including the aircraft carrier USS Ronald …
Bethany Dawson
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Pelosi heading to Taiwan as soon as Tuesday despite angry military threats from China, reports say
China has repeatedly threatened military action if Pelosi visits Taiwan, the self-ruling island tha…
Alexandra Ma
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US Navy carrier strike groups team up in back-to-back dual carrier operations in the Pacific to send a message to rivals
Operations with two aircraft carriers show 'our readiness to confront all those who challenge inter…
Ryan Pickrell
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With Sweden and Finland, NATO wouldn't just get bigger. The alliance would also get a firepower boost
Sweden and Finland bring a lot to NATO militarily – in the air, on land, at sea, and in the i…
Julie Coleman
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The US Navy again has 2 carrier strike groups in the South China Sea as the US and China trade jabs
The Navy says the exercises are unrelated to current events, but they come at a time of heightened …
Ryan Pickrell
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The US Navy backed the hunt for Titanic in part because the explorer who found it argued it would 'drive the Soviets crazy,' book reveals
The president and his Navy secretary wanted to rattle the Soviets psychologically, and one explorer…