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Where are America’s aircraft carriers now?

Although the US Navy has 11 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in active service, only around half are deployed at any given time—with the rest in port or undergoing maintenance.
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The Navy’s ‘doomsday plane’ has shown up in Oregon before. Here’s what it does

A Navy Boeing E-6B Mercury, also known as a “doomsday plane,” captured attention across the West Coast on Sunday when it spent about two hours making repeated approaches near Fresno Yosemite ...
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The Essex-class aircraft carrier makes the US Navy in 2026 look really bad

The Essex-class aircraft carrier was undoubtedly the most important warship class the United States has ever built. No, the ...

Military Quietly Accelerates Boat Strikes, Deploying More Aircraft

The military has increased the number of secret fixed-wing attack aircraft and armed MQ-9 Reaper drones, according to two ...