When the USS Gerald R. Ford glided into Naval Station Norfolk on May 16, 2026, roughly 5,000 sailors lined the flight deck ...
The USS Gerald R. Ford returned to Naval Station Norfolk on May 16, 2026, after a 326-day deployment — the longest American ...
When sailors on the aircraft carrier USS Gerald Ford left Norfolk, Va., last June, they had little idea they would eventually set the record for the longest post-Vietnam war deployment by a carrier.