USS Gerald Ford enters Caribbean Sea as threat of U.S. action against Venezuela rises

The country's largest aircraft carrier joined thousands of service members in the northern Caribbean Sunday. But it's unclear ...
WTOL

A half-century later, USS Forrestal fallen to be remembered

NORFOLK, Va. (WVEC) -- The U-S-S Forrestal fire, to this day, remains the Navy's biggest disaster in a combat zone since World War II. On the 50th anniversary of that fateful day, former shipmates ...
National Security Journal on MSN

U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers Have One Enemy They Fear Most (Not Russia or China)

A “tragic” 1969 fire aboard the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) was “caused by a huffer” (an aircraft starter unit) whose 590-degree ...
WWAY TV

USS Forrestal veterans reunite 58 years after tragedy

NEW HANOVER, NC (WWAY) — On July 29th, 1967, the USS Forrestal went up in flames, a turning point in US naval history. To honor the men who were injured or killed that day, the USS Forrestal ...
National Security Journal on MSN

Canada Knows How to Sink U.S. Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carriers

In 1981’s Ocean Venture/Magic Sword North, a Canadian Oberon-class diesel-electric submarine stunned NATO by evading layered ...
Washington Examiner

Surviving the USS Forrestal fire

Sometimes the stories I encounter in this job leave me stunned. To wit, I recently spoke with Aviation Electrician’s Mate 2nd Class Anthony O’Malley, who served aboard the USS Forrestal during a ...