The United States is again leaning on its carrier fleet to manage a volatile standoff with Iran, even as its most famous ...

The best argument that USS Nimitz should be retired is not that the ship is old and tired; it is that the sea does not anymore reward the type of predictable concentration that the ship was designed ...

Two Iranian-backed militias in the Middle East are signaling their readiness to launch new attacks. The move seems to support ...

America’s four-star admirals, by taking the carrier out of service, are about to make a critical mistake.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A fighter jet and a helicopter based off the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz both crashed into the South China Sea within 30 minutes ...

The nuclear-powered supercarrier will head from the South China Sea to the Middle East in response to escalating tensions between Washington and Tehran ...

NAVAL BASE KITSAP, Wash. — Cheers erupted through the rain as the USS Nimitz pulled into Naval Base Kitsap, marking a historic homecoming after 270 days at sea and the aircraft carrier’s final ...

The U.S. Navy lost two aircraft from the USS Nimitz in separate incidents within 30 minutes in the South China Sea. Navy officials said that three crew members of an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter were ...

WASHINGTON(AP) — A fighter jet and a helicopter based off the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz both crashed into the South China Sea within 30 minutes of each other, the Navy's Pacific Fleet said. The ...