USS Gerald Ford Returns After Historic Deployment, Crew Surprised With Major Honor: Navy
The Navy said the crew flew more than 5,760 hours and launched 12,200 sorties during continuous combat operations.
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USS Gerald R. Ford Returns Home After Record 11-Month Deployment
The USS Gerald R. Ford returned to Virginia on May 16 after an 11-month deployment, the longest for a U.S. aircraft carrier since the Vietnam War, bringing home thousands of sailors after operations in the Caribbean and the Middle East. The most advanced U.S. warship and two accompanying destroyers docked at Naval Station Norfolk with about 5,000 sailors waiting to see their families for the first time since June 2025. The destroyer USS Bainbrid…
The US Navy has received at Norfolk Naval Base, Virginia, the combat group of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford after completing one of the...
World’s Largest Aircraft Carrier, Strike Group Return from Historic 11-Month Deployment
NORFOLK, Va. (May 16, 2026) – Aircrew Survival Equipmentman 2nd Class Ireland Lowe, assigned to the world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), hugs her family on the pier at Naval Station Norfolk, May 16, 2026, following a historic 11-month deployment to U.S. 2nd, 4th, 5th, and 6th Fleets as part of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group. Before returning to Norfolk after 326 days, the Gerald R. Ford crew conducted 23 replen…
Carrier Strike Group Returns from 11-Month Deployment
MAY 18, 2026 — Nearly 4,500 Sailors of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) returned to Naval Station Norfolk the morning of May 16, following a historic and successful 11-month deployment to the U.S. 4th, 5th and 6th Fleets. The aircraft carrier returned with its accompanying destroyers, USS Bainbridge (DDG 96), and USS Mahan (DDG 72). USS Winston Churchill (DDG 81) also returned to its homeport of Naval St…
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