Oldest Active Navy Aircraft Carrier Didn’t Embark Newest Jet Fighters
The post Oldest Active Navy Aircraft Carrier Didn’t Embark Newest Jet Fighters appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. An F-35C Lightening II carrier variant Joint Strike Fighter conducted it’s first arrested landing aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) on November 3, 2014 at sea in the Pacific Ocean. (Photo by Kelly M. Agee/U.S. Navy via Getty Images) Getty Images The United States Navy’s oldest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the USS Nimitz (CVN-68), is close to completing its final journey as it makes a homeport shift from Naval Base Kitsap in Bremerton, Wash., to Naval Station Norfolk, Va. However, the warship, which is also now the longest-serving aircraft carrier in U.S. Navy history, was dispatched to New York City to take part in the International Naval Review 250 over the past holiday weekend. The warship, which marked its 51st year in service in early May, had departed from the Pacific Northwest on March 7, 2026, and was expected to arrive earlier this spring to be