Photo by Seaman Riley McDowell | USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) | 02.27.2020
NORFOLK (Feb. 27, 2020) Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding Division contractors aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) conduct phase 2 testing on a lower stage weapons elevator. This testing marks another milestone in the certification of Ford's Advanced Weapons Elevators. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Riley McDowell)...
Photo by Seaman Riley McDowell | USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) | 02.27.2020
NORFOLK (Feb. 27, 2020) Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding Division contractors aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) conduct phase 2 testing on a lower stage weapons elevator. This testing marks another milestone in the certification of Ford's Advanced Weapons Elevators. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Riley McDowell)...
Photo by Seaman Riley McDowell | USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) | 02.27.2020
NORFOLK (Feb. 27, 2020) Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding Division contractors aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) conduct phase 2 testing on a lower stage weapons elevator. This testing marks another milestone in the certification of Ford's Advanced Weapons Elevators. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Riley McDowell)...
Photo by Seaman Riley McDowell | USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) | 02.27.2020
NORFOLK (Feb. 27, 2020) A Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding Division contractor aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) conducts phase 2 testing on a lower stage weapons elevator. This testing marks another milestone in the certification of Ford's Advanced Weapons Elevators. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Riley McDowell)...
Photo by Seaman Marissa Bacon | USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) | 07.24.2019
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (July 24, 2019) Sailors assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford's (CVN 78) weapons department move an inert GBU-10 bomb to Ford's advanced weapons elevator (AWE) during a weapons training exercise. This is the first time ordinance has been moved using Ford's AWE, one of many milestones representing forward progress on Ford's AWES. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd......
Photo by Seaman Marissa Bacon | USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) | 07.24.2019
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (July 24, 2019) Airman Joshua Sayles, from Orlando, Florida, right, and Airman Gino Barbizan from Simi Valley, California, assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford's (CVN 78) weapons department move an inert GBU-10 bomb off of Ford's advanced weapons elevator (AWE) during a weapons training exercise. This is the first time ordinance has been moved using Ford's AWE, one of many......
Photo by Seaman Marissa Bacon | USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) | 07.24.2019
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (July 24, 2019) Sailors assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford's (CVN 78) weapons department move an inert GBU-10 bomb to Ford's advanced weapons elevator (AWE) during a weapons training exercise. This is the first time ordinance has been moved using Ford's AWE, one of many milestones representing forward progress on Ford's AWES. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jeffrey Troutman | USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) | 01.16.2019
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Jan. 16, 2019) Chief Machinist's Mate Franklin Pollydore, second from left, from Georgetown, Guyana, goes over safety procedures for the Upper Stage 1 advanced weapons elevator with Sailors from USS Gerald R. Ford's (CVN 78) weapons department. The elevator is the first to be delivered to the ship and marks a major milestone for Ford and the entire Ford-class of aircraft......
