The Navy took preliminary acceptance of the future USS John F. Kennedy from Newport News Shipbuilding on September 29, 2026, ...

A F-35C Lightning II made a trapped landing and catapult launch aboard the future USS John F. Kennedy off the U.S. Atlantic ...

USS John F. Kennedy took more than a decade and over $13 billion to build, but its first sea trials stunned observers.

The landing confirmed that the USS John F. Kennedy could recover an F-35C using its Advanced Arresting Gear, marking a key ...

An F-35C Lightning II made an arrested landing on the PCU John F. Kennedy (CVN 79), marking the first time an F-35C lands on a Ford-class aircraft carrier. The U.S. Navy has released photos of the ...

The US Navy has begun F-35C flight testing aboard the PCU John F. Kennedy (CVN-79), marking a major milestone for Ford-class ...

US Navy's F-35C Lightning II fighter aircraft made its first-ever arrested landing & takeoff aboard its Ford-class aircraft ...

The U.S. Navy has achieved the first F-35C Lightning II arrested landing on a Ford-class aircraft carrier aboard the future ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The USS John F. Kennedy transits the Atlantic Ocean during sea trials on Jan. 28, 2026. (MCS2 Kaitlin Young/U.S. Navy) The Navy's ...

The aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy departed HII Newport News Shipbuilding’s yard on Wednesday for sea trials, the ship’s builder reported. “These trials will test and evaluate important ship ...

The USS John F. Kennedy, the US Navy’s next aircraft carrier, is currently pursuing “at-sea testing”—the final necessary step before its expected commissioning next March. On Tuesday, the ...

Two F-35 test pilots from Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Two Three (VX-23), Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD), fly F-35C Lightning II fighter aircraft to the PCU John F. Kennedy ...