A fighter jet recently landed aboard the U.S. Navy's oldest-serving aircraft carrier for the 350,000th time, marking a historic achievement for USS Nimitz before the ship's decades of service come ...

The lead vessel of the Nimitz-class of nuclear-powered supercarriers was set to be retired next year, but due to delays with the Gerald R. Ford-class carriers, the U.S. Navy pushed back CVN-68's ...

The Navy has begun the process of retiring its oldest aircraft carrier, the USS Nimitz, which was commissioned in 1975. Huntington Ingalls Inc. has received an $18.4 million contract from U.S ...

Almost 50 years on from its commissioning date, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) departed Naval Base Kitsap on Mar. 21, 2025, for a deployment to the Indo-Pacific.

The Navy has begun the process of retiring its oldest aircraft carrier, the USS Nimitz, which was commissioned in 1975. Huntington Ingalls Inc. has received an $18.4 million contract from U.S ...

The USS Nimitz has been the template of American sea power for nearly a half-century. Commissioned four days after the fall of Saigon ended the Vietnam War in 1975, the 100,000-ton supercarrier ...

Home, sweet home. The USS Nimitz returned to its homeport in Bremerton Sunday following a seven-month deployment. The 1,092-foot aircraft carrier left Bremerton in November and headed to the U.S ...

A fighter jet landed on the USS Nimitz for the 350,000th time — a historic milestone. The aircraft carrier became the first in active service to hit that mark after 48 years in the Navy.