NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (April 16, 2025) – The Secretary of the Navy John Phelan visited Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) John F.

What You Need to Know: The USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79), the second Ford-class aircraft carrier, faces delays and is now ...

Ford-class aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) – February 16, 2025 #ussjohnfkennedy #ussenterprise #cvn65 #cvn79 Nimitz will eventually be replaced by Gerald R. Ford class carrier USS ...

What You Need to Know - 3 Points: The USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) is the second Ford-class aircraft carrier, set to join the U.S. Pacific Fleet in 2025.Originally scheduled for delivery in 2024 ...

The USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) will replace the Nimitz at Bremerton once it is commissioned this year. The Nimitz will be in Norfolk until the spring of 2027 to offload equipment and materials ...

"The John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) is nearly 95% construction complete ... the development and construction of the first-in-class USS Gerald R. Ford, which faced delays and cost overruns mostly ...

VA in 2026 and proposes to homeport the Ford-class USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) as early as 2029. Although two carriers with their thousands of crew members means a busy homeport, it's not the ...

The Navy is proposing to homeport the service's newest Ford-class USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) to Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton in 2029. As of its departure on Friday, the USS Nimitz has called ...

The same technology was at the center of headaches for USS Gerald R. Ford, the first of the new class of Navy supercarriers, and now the elevators are a challenge as shipbuilders work to finish the ...