Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. The United States Navy's only forward-deployed nuclear-powered ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. It was from Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, that ...

Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73) arrives in Guam for a scheduled port visit, Aug. 17, 2025. George Washington returned to Guam for a port visit Dec. 1, 2025. US Navy photo ...

An MH-60S Knight Hawk helicopter, attached to the ‘Dragonslayers’ of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 11, conducts a vertical-replenishment with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S.

Like a lot of Navy lore, the details are in dispute. But Jere Cordell, of San Diego, swears the beastly carrier USS Nimitz won an impromptu drag race against slender cruisers a half-century ago off ...

Since 1911, when Eugene Burton Ely, the renowned American aviator, became the first person to take off from and land on a naval vessel, the use of aircraft carriers in naval warfare has become much ...