A community portal about Nimitz class aircraft carrier with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The Nimitz -class supercarriers are a line of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in service with the US Navy, and are the...
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A community portal about Nimitz class aircraft carrier with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The Nimitz -class supercarriers are a line of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in service with the US Navy, and are the largest capital ships in the world. These ships are numbered with consecutive hull numbers starting with CVN 68. The letters "CVN" denote the type of ship: CV is the hull classification symbol for Aircraft Carriers, and N to indicate nuclear-powered propulsion. The number after the "CVN" means that this is the 68th "CV", or aircraft carrier.
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76)
From Navy Compass:
SAN DIEGO – The USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) departed San Diego May 28 on a deployment to the 7th and 5th Fleet areas of responsibility.
The carrier joins the other ships of its strike group which departed the day prior, including the guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG 62), and the ships of Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 7, which include the guided missile destroyers USS Decatur (DDG 73), USS Howard (DDG 83) and USS Gridley (DDG 101... Read Full Story
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Carrier Diversity Thursday — New Wars
The Rationale for UCAV Carriers
James Dunnigan at Strategypage makes the case for a new warship geared toward a new way of war at sea:
While the navy would prefer to design and build the first generation UCAVs for use on existing carriers, these smaller and cheaper aircraft go together well with smaller and cheaper carriers. This means the Ford class may be the last of the big carriers. That’s because UCAVs mean you... Read Full Story
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Debra Snide stands watch in the pilot house of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) as the ship prepares to get underway from San Diego on May 28, 2009. DoD photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Torrey W. Lee, U.S. Navy. (Released)
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Today is Presidents Day . The observance of the holiday was originally inspired by our nation’s first president, George Washington’s birthday. The holiday has historically been quite subjective in its observance. It is also accepted as a day in which to remember and honor multiple presidents.
Perhaps your favorite president is Ronald Reagan , whose birthday of February 6, 1911 seems a natural inclusion in this holiday as well for his historic contributions.
Ronald Reagan, our 40th... Read Full Story
F/A-18 aircraft assigned to Air Wing 1 at Naval Air Station Oceana, Va. perform a flyover during the commissioning ceremony for the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). The Navy's newest, and final, Nimitz-class aircraft carrier is named after World War II naval aviator and the 41st president of the United States George H.W. Bush. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Susan Caraballo/Released) Read Full Story
Congratulations are in order to the crew of the Reagan!
The USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) is back home in San Diego after not only successfully completing their Blue Water Certification, they completed it faster than has ever been done before!
The certification is part of their COMPTUEX (Composite Training Unit Exercise), and the Blue Water Certification ensures that the USS Ronald Reagan, one of the Navy’s Nimitz-class aircraft carriers, will be able to land aircraft in emergency situations... Read Full Story
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U.S. Sailors stationed aboard aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) man the rails as the ship pulls into Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Oct. 13, 2009, the U.S. Navy’s 234th birthday. The Reagan Carrier Strike Group is on a routine deployment, operating in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Joshua Scott/Released)
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Five years ago, July 12, 2003: The USS Ronald Reagan , the first carrier named for a living president, was commissioned in Norfolk, Va.
33″ X 14″ framed, numbered and limited edition tribute to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier by NW Limited…History in Vogue TM features the Feb. 9, 2005 postmark and stamp honoring Ronald Wilson Reagan. $200
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USS Ronald Reagan at NW... Read Full Story
Click image to enlarge Chief Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Richard McCray stands by as an EA-6B Prowler assigned to the "Shadowhawks" of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 141 launches from the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). The Nimitz-Class aircraft carrier and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8 are underway conducting operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Remus Borisov/Released... Read Full Story
Click image to enlarge Three F/A-18 strike fighters from various squadrons are secured on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) before morning flight operations. Stennis and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9 are part of John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group conducting a joint task force exercise off the coast of Southern California. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Walter M. Wayman/Released) Read Full Story
