On November 26, 2022, the largest aircraft carrier ever built by the US Navy approached Naval Station Norfolk after a successful NATO exercise with Allied nations. During the tour, the Gerald R. Ford-class vessel proved her worth as the most sophisticated carrier in the world. The ship conducted over 1,250 sorties and achieved an outstanding generation rate of over 160 aircraft. Impressively, this capability can be bolstered to over 270 aircraft if necessary thanks to her innovative launch systems such as the Advanced Arresting Gear and the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System, which put less strain on the airframe and allow the vessel to launch heavier fighter aircraft and lighter drones. The Navy wants to replace the existing Nimitz-class carriers with the Gerald R. Ford class in the following decade and is thus packing the innovative and nuclear-powered carriers with the most formidable and state-of-the-art technology in the United States arsenal, expecting them to serve past 2100, more tha
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