09 March 2026 USS Nimitz Conducts Milestone Departure from Naval Base Kitsap Bremerton, Wa. – The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) departed Naval Base Kitsap in Bremerton, Washington, for the last time in its 51-year service history, as part of a scheduled homeport shift to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, March 7...
08 February 2021 POTUS Calls Nimitz During Super Bowl Sailors and Marines aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) received a phone call during the Super Bowl from President Joe Biden Feb. 8...
11 October 2020 Nimitz Carrier Strike Group Conducts Port Visit in Bahrain Elements of the Nimitz Carrier Strike group, including the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 and guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59) pulled into Manama, Bahrain for a scheduled port visit in support of logistics and maintenance Oct. 7-11...
02 September 2020 Underway, in Maintenance Stateside and Beyond: The Lifecycle of an HSM 73 Helicopter Aboard USS Ralph Johnson While movies such as Top Gun and Midway give the pilots involved in naval aviation the spotlight, the aircraft themselves are just as important to the success of flight operations as the pilots and maintainers...