CENTCOM is keeping a heightened posture as the threat from Iran persists despite a ceasefire, General Joseph Votel said.

Nearly half a century after its first deployment, the U.S. Navy’s oldest active aircraft carrier made a rare visit to Bahrain ...

Step aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) as we explore life and operations on one of the ...

The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is in port in Bahrain, marking the first time an aircraft carrier has visited the Middle Eastern country since 2020. While an aircraft carrier has not visited Bahrain ...

The USS George Washington joined British and Japanese aircraft carriers in the North Philippine Sea for a show of force.

The USS Nimitz passes the hammerhead crane as it leaves Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and heads out for sea trials on Monday. The Nimitz's next deployment is likely to be of its last.

Iran Acting US defense secretary orders USS Nimitz to remain in Middle East, citing Iranian threat Announcement comes on 1-year anniversary of killing of Iran’s top military general Qassem Soleimani ...

US Navy/National Archives The USS Nimitz was commissioned in May 1975. At the time of its commissioning, it was only the second nuclear-powered carrier ever built, after the USS Enterprise.

The USS Nimitz is preparing to set sail after one of the ship's sailors was removed from the crew and put in isolation for showing flu-like symptoms, according to anonymous sources who spoke to ...

In March 2021, the USS Nimitz returned from a 99,000-mile, 11-month deployment across the globe. The 1,092-foot carrier launched and landed more than 8,600 planes during a trip that began ...

Nimitz and guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG-59) are currently searching the North Arabian Sea for the missing sailor, according to the brief statement.

BREMERTON — At long last, the USS Nimitz returned home Sunday, close to a year after the aircraft carrier left Sinclair Inlet. The 100,000-ton warship, in completing a deployment that included ...