USS George Washington is the only U.S. aircraft carrier currently positioned in the western Pacific to help keep China in check.

Chinese aircraft carrier strike groups have been operating further from home shores and in greater strength than ever before, testing state-of-the-art technology and sending a message they are a force to be reckoned with,

U.S. aircraft carrier USS Nimitz left the South China Sea on Monday morning heading west, according to data from ship tracking website Marine Traffic, after a reception for its planned port call in central Vietnam was cancelled.

China's third aircraft carrier, Fujian, is set to join service by end-2025, boosting its naval power with EMALS tech, stealth jets, and expanded sea deployment capability

Japan this week confirmed that two Chinese aircraft carriers have operated together for the first time in the Pacific.

Official media said China is about to enter a three-aircraft-carrier era, with the Fujian expected to enter service by 2025. After the launch of the Fujian on June 17, 2022, it carried out its first sea trial from May 1 to 8 in 2024.

The USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier strike group is operating in the Persian Gulf. The U.S. military didn’t appear to surge ships or other military assets in the region that could bolster U.S. or Israel’s defense ahead of Thursday’s attack.

The United States aircraft carrier USS Nimitz continues to operate in the South China Sea, satellite imagery shows, as the Chinese navy expands its presence in the Pacific Ocean.

Two Chinese aircraft carrier strike groups have simultaneously deployed to the Western Pacific – a first for the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), Japanese officials said on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73) left its homeport in Japan on Tuesday for carrier air wing qualifications.

On October 15th 2016, the 43,000 ton Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuzentsov slipped out of the Kola Bay fjord in the Barents Sea. Escorted by a small flotilla of warships including the powerful Pyotr Velikiy battlecruiser,