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Deployment

USS Gerald R. Ford Returns to Norfolk After Record 326-Day Deployment

The marathon cruise now sets up a hard maintenance stretch that could ripple through the Navy’s carrier schedule.

Carrier Air Wing 8 Returns Home as Ford’s Record Deployment Nears Finish

USS Gerald R. Ford Heads Home After 314-Day Deployment

USS Gerald R. Ford Leaves Middle East After Record Deployment, Heads Home

USS Gerald R. Ford Returns to Red Sea Operations After Repairs

Iran Reopens Hormuz to Commercial Shipping as U.S. Blockade Stands

USS Gerald R. Ford Sets Post‑Vietnam Record as Carrier Returns to Red Sea

USS Gerald R. Ford Departs Croatia and Resumes Operations After Laundry-Room Fire

George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group Departs Norfolk With Middle East Destination Reported

USS Gerald R. Ford Bound for Crete Repairs After Red Sea Laundry Fire

Ford Enters Red Sea as U.S. Readies Third Carrier, Nimitz Begins Final Voyage

U.S. Concentrates Two Carrier Groups and Stealth Jets Near Israel as Talks With Iran Stall

U.S. Authorizes Voluntary Exit for Non‑Essential Embassy Staff in Israel as USS Gerald R. Ford Reaches Northern Coast

USS Gerald R. Ford Reported Off Israel's Coast as U.S. Tightens Pressure on Iran

Satellite Images Confirm U.S. F-22 Squadron Based in Southern Israel as Iran Talks Continue

Gerald R. Ford’s Toilet Failures Shadow Record-Length Cruise as Carrier Departs Crete

USS Gerald R. Ford Redeployed Toward Middle East as Two-Carrier Posture Takes Shape

USS Gerald R. Ford Reaches Souda Bay as U.S. Steps Up Pressure on Iran

U.S.–Iran Standoff Reaches Decision Point as Trump Weighs 'Limited' Strike Ahead of Geneva Talks

Trump Weighs Limited Strikes on Iran as Diplomacy Reaches Decision Window