When people hear that the Navy removed one of the aircraft elevators from its newest supercarrier design, it sounds like a downgrade on a $13 billion warship. But the Ford class was not built around ...

A Navy sailor died after falling from an aircraft elevator aboard the USS Nimitz, military officials reported Sunday. Make Times of San Diego a preferred source on Google The nuclear-powered aircraft ...

This post has been updated to include additional statements from the Navy and from Sen. Jim Inhofe. WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Navy Secretary has committed that the service and its industry partners will ...

A U.S. Navy sailor died early Saturday morning after falling from an aircraft elevator aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68), which was in port at the Naval Air Station North Island in Coronado. Juan Jose Garcia ...

Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class Shameka Judene, from Augusta, Georgia, assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN-78) weapons department, operates Advanced Weapons Elevator (AWE) upper stage no. 3. Navy photo.