U.S. maintains fleet of 11 aircraft carriers

Aboard the country’s oldest aircraft carrier, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta vowed that he will maintain the Navy’s fleet of 11 carriers, despite budget pressures.

Panetta’s Saturday announcement aboard USS Enterprise (CVN 65) served as reassurance and encouragement to the 1,700 sailors heading to the Gulf this spring for the ship’s final deployment, in light of recent tensions with Iran.

“You’re part of what keeps our force agile and flexible and quickly deploy-able and capable of taking on any enemy, anywhere in the world,” Panetta told the crowd. “It’s for that reason that the President of the United States and all of us working at the Department of Defense have decided that it is important to maintain our carrier force at full strength and that means we’ll be keeping 11 carriers in our force.”

What do you think about SecDef Panetta’s decision to keep an 11 carrier fleet?

January 25, 2012
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(click image to enlarge)Visualizing our March Aircraft Carrier conversation on Twitter — have you joined in the conversation? Follow us @ACIBC.

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Visualizing our March Aircraft Carrier conversation on Twitter — have you joined in the conversation? Follow us @ACIBC.

March 27, 2012
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As the Navy said, “In case you forgot what power projection looks like - see image!” The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52), and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey (DDG 97) transit in formation with Indian navy ships during Exercise Malabar 2012.

As the Navy said, “In case you forgot what power projection looks like - see image!”

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52), and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey (DDG 97) transit in formation with Indian navy ships during Exercise Malabar 2012.

April 19, 2012
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The Ford-Class Carrier


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April 19, 2012
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The daily happenings aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).

April 24, 2012
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Tomorrow marks the 37th birthday of the Commissioning of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and we need you to help spread the word! Show your support for the Nimitz and the U.S. Navy by posting using the tag “HappyBirthdayNimitz” here on Tumblr. You can also use the hashtag #HappyBirthdayNimitz on Twitter. Let’s make the sailors aboard the ship know just how proud we are of them and all of their hard work!

Tomorrow marks the 37th birthday of the Commissioning of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and we need you to help spread the word!

Show your support for the Nimitz and the U.S. Navy by posting using the tag “HappyBirthdayNimitz” here on Tumblr. You can also use the hashtag #HappyBirthdayNimitz on Twitter.

Let’s make the sailors aboard the ship know just how proud we are of them and all of their hard work!

May 02, 2012
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INFOGRAPHIC: Aircraft Carriers Do A Whole Lot More Than You Ever Thought

Quick! Guess how much fresh water an Aircraft carrier can make in a day. The answer is through this link, as is a better view of this awesome infographic Business Insider has up on the humanitarian efforts of aircraft carriers. 

June 15, 2012
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‘Vampire Hunter’ onboard an aircraft carrier

In one of the largest publicity efforts movie history has seen, 20th Century Fox flew out the cast and crew of the upcoming movie “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” to screen it for the namesake aircraft carrier, as it patrolled Middle Eastern Walkers.

Shown to an excited crowd of nearly 1,800 sailors packed tightly in hangar bay, the screening marked the first time that a major motion picture had its debut screening for United States servicemen and women stationed in the Middle East, potentially setting a precedent for more blockbusters to premiere for our troops. 


Abraham Lincoln, meet the crew of the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).

June 18, 2012
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