The Thunderbirds and the Blue Angels excite crowds of fans each year with their spectacular air shows, but what sets the two ...

USS Nimitz is set to undergo its decommissioning process at Newport News Shipyard, Virginia. A fter Secretary of Defense Pete ...

The U.S. Navy said the deployment of USS Nimitz will focus on protecting the nation's security, freedom, and prosperity.

In a time when the chaos of news-by-the-minute assaults the senses of those who yearn for perspective and analysis, it can be instructive to look back to April 1945, a month that gave the world 30 ...

In September 1973, their library facility was completed and named for Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. It now has roughly 590,000 books, 322 databases and more than 5,000 journals and magazines.

Most of us who live in or around Fredericksburg are somewhat familiar with our most famous hometown hero, Fleet Admiral ...

All but one of the ten carriers was named after political figures that helped the navy. The sole exception was the lead ship, which was named after the World War II Pacific commander, Admiral Chester ...

Nicknamed the “Tokyo Express” by their opponents, the Japanese “tin cans” acquired the grudging respect of the Americans for ...

The United States Navy possesses the world’s largest ... orders of magnitude higher than what they were back when Admiral Chester Nimitz led American carriers into battle in the Pacific Theater.