Aviation Structural Mechanic Airman Eddie Banks, assigned to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 70, signals to an MH-60R Sea Hawk during flight operations aboard the world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), July 6, 2025. Gerald R. Ford, a first-in-class nuclear aircraft carrier and deployed
flagship of Carrier Strike Group Twelve, incorporates modern technology, innovative shipbuilding designs, and best practices from legacy aircraft carriers to increase the U.S. Navy’s capacity to underpin American security and economic prosperity, deter adversaries, and project power on a global scale through sustained operations at sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jarrod Bury)
Sailors assigned to Airborne Command and Control Squadron 124 conduct routine maintenance of an E-2D Hawkeye in the hangar bay of the world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), July 6, 2025. Gerald R. Ford, a first-in-class nuclear aircraft carrier and deployed flagship of Carrier Strike Group Twelve, incorporates modern technology, innovative shipbuilding designs, and best practices from legacy aircraft carriers to increase the U.S. Navy’s capacity to underpin American security and economic prosperity, deter adversaries, and project power on a global scale through sustained operations at sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jarrod Bury)
Sailors assigned to Air Department aboard the world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), guide an F/A-18E Super Hornet attached to Strike Fighter Squadron 213 on the ship’s flight deck, July 6, 2025. Gerald R. Ford, a first-in-class nuclear aircraft carrier and deployed flagship of Carrier Strike Group Twelve, incorporates modern technology, innovative shipbuilding designs, and best practices from legacy aircraft carriers to increase the U.S. Navy’s capacity to underpin American security and economic prosperity, deter adversaries, and project power on a global scale through sustained operations at sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jarrod Bury)
A Carrier Air Wing 8 F/A-18E Super Hornet, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 37, passes over the flight deck of the world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), July 6, 2025. Gerald R. Ford, a first-in-class nuclear aircraft carrier and deployed flagship of Carrier Strike Group Twelve, incorporates modern technology, innovative shipbuilding designs, and best practices from legacy aircraft carriers to increase the U.S. Navy’s capacity to underpin American security and economic prosperity, deter adversaries, and project power on a global scale through sustained operations at sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jarrod Bury)
A Carrier Air Wing 8 F/A-18E Super Hornet, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 87, lands on the flight deck of the world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), July 6, 2025. Gerald R. Ford, a first-in-class nuclear aircraft carrier and deployed flagship of Carrier Strike Group Twelve, incorporates modern technology, innovative shipbuilding designs, and best practices from legacy aircraft carriers to increase the U.S. Navy’s capacity to underpin American security and economic prosperity, deter adversaries, and project power on a global scale through sustained operations at sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jarrod Bury)
A Carrier Air Wing 8 F/A-18E Super Hornet, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 31, makes its final approach to land on the flight deck of the world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), July 6, 2025. Gerald R. Ford, a first-in-class nuclear aircraft carrier and deployed flagship of Carrier Strike Group Twelve, incorporates modern technology, innovative shipbuilding designs, and best practices from legacy aircraft carriers to increase the U.S. Navy’s capacity to underpin American security and economic prosperity, deter adversaries, and project power on a global scale through sustained operations at sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jarrod Bury)
