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The U.S. Navy Sold 2 Aircraft Carriers for Just a Penny Each

Key Points and Summary - Why sell billion-dollar carriers for a penny? Because scrapping them costs a fortune. -Decommissioned supercarriers like USS Kitty Hawk and USS John F. Kennedy are massive, ...
The Diplomat

Why Indonesia Should Not Buy an Aircraft Carrier, At Least For Now

The proposed acquisition of the decommissioned Italian aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi is out of step with the country’s main defense priorities. The Indonesian Navy is now getting closer to ...
SlashGear

Aircraft Carrier Alternatives: These Are The Navy's Best Options

For roughly 100 years, the aircraft carrier has sailed the open ocean. The ship began to take shape in the early 1900s, and the United States' first operational carrier, the USS Langley, launched in ...
NPR

The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier is in the Caribbean. Here's its backstory

The world's largest and most expensive aircraft carrier has arrived in the Caribbean. U.S. Southern Command announced Sunday that the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group had made its way into the ...
24/7 Wall St

The U.S. Navy’s Airwing: Every Aircraft That Keeps Carrier Power Alive

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. In terms of world air forces, the U.S. Navy ranks as the ...