The oldest active nuclear-powered supercarrier completed a 270-day-long deployment. Next year, CVN-68 will head to Naval ...

Tuesday is the last time the 50-year-old USS Nimitz aircraft carrier sails back into Puget Sound from a deployment.

Babies, parents, and one new bride-to-be welcomed the sailors of the USS Nimitz on a rainy afternoon in Bremerton.

The USS Nimitz arrived at Naval Base Kitsap on Dec. 16, marking likely the last time the naval aircraft carrier returns to ...

The Navy’s oldest aircraft carrier and its crew will be home for Christmas, scheduled to pull in at Naval Base Kitsap in ...

The USS Nimitz arrived in Hawaii on Saturday, returning to American waters for the first time since the aircraft carrier deployed from its homeport at Naval Base Kitsap, Wash., in March. As it arrived ...

On March 21, 2025, the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz departed Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton off the coast of Washington state for its 22nd and final deployment. Throughout the year, it made its way to ...

It may be impossible to overstate just how much the introduction of the aircraft carrier changed the face of warfare. From the pivotal Battle of Midway in 1942, through the rest of World War II and in ...

The US has ordered a second aircraft carrier group, the USS Nimitz, to head to the Middle East as tensions ramp up over the Iran-Israel conflict. The Nimitz, the oldest of America’s nuclear-powered ...

Maya Carlin, National Security Writer with The National Interest, is an analyst with the Center for Security Policy and a former Anna Sobol Levy Fellow at IDC Herzliya in Israel. She has bylines in ...

An MH-60R Sea Hawk, attached to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 73, launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz during flight operations in the U.S. Central ...