The Nimitz strike group could reach the Middle East later this week, an observer said. The aircraft carrier (picture in 2024) was commissioned in 1975 and is one of the U.S. Navy's older class of ...

Sailors heave the phone and distance line on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) during a replenishment-at-sea in the South China Sea, May 30, 2025. US Navy Photo The U.S. Navy ...

The US has ordered a second aircraft carrier group, the USS Nimitz, to head to the Middle East as tensions ramp up over the Iran-Israel conflict. The Nimitz, the oldest of America’s nuclear-powered ...

The USS Nimitz carrier strike group is on its way to the Middle East from the South China Sea, a U.S. official told Fox News. The Nimitz strike group was previously scheduled to replace the USS Carl ...

The USS Nimitz was conducting flight operations in the South China Sea before being routed to the Middle East. (Samuel Osborn/U.S. Navy) The U.S. Navy is moving the aircraft carrier Nimitz from the ...