Train how we fight 🇺🇸 🚁
The
#USSGeraldRFordCarrierStrikeGroup
's mission is deterring aggression and supporting security and stability around the world.
🇺🇸🤝🇳🇴
First U.S. Aircraft Carrier to Visit Norway in 65 Years — U.S. Navy’s newest aircraft carrier
#CVN78
arrived in Oslo, Norway, for a scheduled port visit, May 24.
Home sweet home! ⚓️
The world’s largest aircraft carrier returns to its homeport in Norfolk, Virginia following the ship’s eight-month maiden deployment.
Our ship made history in the nuclear field — as the first new U.S. carrier designed in 40+ years, GRF was built with a new nuclear plant (A1B reactor) & the ability to generate nearly 3x the amount of electrical power compared to the previous class of carriers.
#NR75years
It’s good to be back 🇺🇸
The world's largest aircraft carrier returned to its homeport in Norfolk, Virginia following the ship's eight-month maiden deployment, Jan. 17.
#Warship78
completes the 1st explosive event of Full Ship Shock Trials! The leadership and crew demonstrated
#NavyReadiness
fighting through the shock, proving our warship can "take a hit" and continue our mission on the cutting edge of
#NavalAviation
!
@USNavy
@NAVSEA
What's that? We completed flight deck certification... Can I get a
#Hooyah
! On to more carrier qualifications and Air Traffic Control Center certification!
#Letsgo
#Onestepcloser
Food for Thought 🥚🍗🍪🥛
Ever wonder how much food Sailors consume on a deployment? 🤔
So far,
15,000 gallons of milk
170,000 pounds of chicken
45,000 baker’s dozen of eggs
78,000 chocolate chip cookies
#YUM
#supply
#USSGeraldRFord
#CVN78
#welovecookies
E for efficiency.
The world’s largest
#aircraftcarrier
earned the Battle Efficiency Award, or Battle “E,” which is awarded to the units that obtained the highest overall readiness level to carry out assigned wartime tasks based on a yearlong evaluation.
#USNavy
#CVN78
A reunion ❤️💙🤍
The world’s largest aircraft carrier returned to its homeport in Norfolk, Virginia following the ship’s eight-month maiden deployment, Jan. 17.
Training with
#Allies
and partners in the High North! 🚁🏔️
The Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group, currently under
@NATO
command, is conducting a series of training events with the Norwegian military while operating in the Norwegian Sea.
@USNavyEurope
@USNavy
#interoperability
The time has come!
The
@USNavy
newest and most advanced aircraft carrier
@Warship_78
will deploy and operate alongside a coalition of allied forces together in the Atlantic area of operations, Monday, Oct. 3.
@NATO
@USFleetForces
That's a wrap!
Another successful underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting carrier qualifications and strike group integration prior to operational deployment.
Formation flying ✈️🇹🇷🇺🇸 — An F/A -18F Super Hornet attached to the “Blacklions” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 213 flies in formation with two Turkish Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons.
Throwing it back to when Capt. Daryl Trent, Commander, Carrier Air Wing 8, took his last flight on the flight deck of
#warship78
as we returned to homeport 🦅😎💪
USS Gerald R. Ford conducted its 20,000th arrested landing! 🛬
We celebrated this major milestone with a cake cutting and flight with our Commanding Officer, CAPT Rick Burgess, and our most junior pilot, LTJG Shane Platt.
We're out here with
#NATO
Allies, Canada, Denmark, Germany, France, the Netherlands, and Spain, in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean kicking off exercise
#SilentWolverine
#StrongerTogether
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. C.Q. Brown, Jr. and Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, Adm. Daryl Caudle, tour the world's largest aircraft carrier
#USSGeraldRFord
(
#CVN78
) with Capt. Matthew Mulcahey, executive officer of Gerald R. Ford, Feb. 9, 2024.
#USNavy
The U.S. Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), arrived in Souda Bay, Crete for a scheduled port visit, Dec. 2, 2023. 🇺🇸🇬🇷
#StrongerTogether
📣 The GRFCSG wrapped up Sage Wolverine, a series of high-end maritime training events in the central Mediterranean Sea to increase NATO interoperability and promote regional peace and stability 🌊✈️
@NATO_MARCOM
#WeAreNATO
#StrongerTogether
#DeterAndDefend
Aviation Electrician's Mate Airman Lyle Forristall, assigned to the "Spartans" of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 70, prepares an MH-60R Sea Hawk for routine flight operations on the flight deck of
#USSGeraldRFord
, Oct. 22, 2023.
#AlwaysReady
Just another day in the Med! ☀️🌊
Sailors assigned to the world's largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford conduct flight operations on the flight deck.
@USNavy
@USNavyEurope
#Summer
#CVN78
#Warship78
completes 10,000th recovery and launch using the ship’s Advanced Arresting Gear and Electro-magnetic Aircraft Launch Systems.
This milestone was accomplished during a friends and family day cruise where Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8 conducted an aerial demonstration.
🐎 Squadron: The "Golden Warriors" of Strike Fighter Squadron 87
🐎 Aircraft: F/A-18E Super Hornet
🐎 Missions: Traditional air superiority, fighter escort, reconnaissance, aerial refueling, close air support, and more.
#flynavy