USS Gerald Ford Works Out Its First-In-Class Kinks Ahead Of Deployment

aircraft landing on USS Gerald Ford deck

The USS Gerald Ford and its embarked carrier air wing maintain a high pace of flight operations as part of training prior to its next deployment.

Credit: Brian Everstine/AW&ST
The U.S. Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, its complement of strike aircraft and a team of support ships are completing a capstone exercise designed to pit the carrier’s air wing against increasing threats the service has seen in the Middle East. The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) Carrier Strike Group’s...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C.

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