Despite being christened in 2019, the USS John F. Kennedy still isn't in active service, but a recent successful aircraft ...

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 ...

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

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

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

On Tuesday, an F-35 stealth fighter jet landed aboard the newly-built carrier USS John F. Kennedy for the first time, the U.S. Navy says. The ...

The U.S. Navy’s F-35C fifth generation fighter has made its first arrested landing aboard a Gerald Ford class supercarrier, ...

A US Navy F-35C Lightning II fighter aircraft has made the first arrested landing aboard the future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN ...

Despite their many technological innovations, America’s Ford-class supercarriers have been unable to support operations with the F-35 fighter jet—until now.

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 ...