Courtesy Photo | U.S. Central Command Public Affairs | 03.06.2026
U.S. Navy Sailors prepare aircraft while conducting flight operations aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) during Operation Epic Fury, March 6, 2026. (U.S Navy Photo)...
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Maxwell Orlosky | USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) | 04.26.2025
An F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 87, performs a “touch-and-go” on world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), during a friends and family day cruise, April 26. Gerald R. Ford’s friends and family day cruises provide Sailors an opportunity to showcase the carrier strike group’s capabilities and daily life aboard their ship. (U.S.......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Maxwell Orlosky | USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) | 04.26.2025
Aircraft from Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8 perform a fly-by of the world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), during a friends and family day cruise, April 26. Gerald R. Ford’s friends and family day cruises provide Sailors an opportunity to showcase the carrier strike group’s capabilities and daily life aboard their ship. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Maxwell Orlosky | USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) | 04.26.2025
An F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 31, performs a high-speed pass over the world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), during a friends and family day cruise, April 26. Gerald R. Ford’s friends and family day cruises provide Sailors an opportunity to showcase the carrier strike group’s capabilities and daily life aboard their ship. (U.S.......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Maxwell Orlosky | USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) | 04.26.2025
An MH-60S Sea Hawk, attached to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 9, flies by the world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), during a friends and family day cruise, April 26. Gerald R. Ford’s friends and family day cruises provide Sailors an opportunity to showcase the carrier strike group’s capabilities and daily life aboard their ship. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Maxwell Orlosky | USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) | 04.26.2025
An F/A-18F Super Hornet, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 213, performs a maneuver over the world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), during a friends and family day cruise, April 26. Gerald R. Ford’s friends and family day cruises provide Sailors an opportunity to showcase the carrier strike group’s capabilities and daily life aboard their ship. (U.S. Navy......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Maxwell Orlosky | USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) | 04.26.2025
An MH-60S Sea Hawk, attached to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 9, demonstrates a dynamic hoist maneuver, lowering a search and rescue (SAR) swimmer from the moving helicopter to a target, during a friends and family day cruise aboard the world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), April 26. Gerald R. Ford’s friends and family day cruises provide Sailors an......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Maxwell Orlosky | USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) | 04.26.2025
Four F/A-18E/F Super Hornets, attached to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8, fly over the flight deck of the world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), during a friends and family day cruise, April 26. Gerald R. Ford’s friends and family day cruises provide Sailors an opportunity to showcase the carrier strike group’s capabilities and daily life aboard their ship. (U.S. Navy......