Throughout the 2022 calendar year, the U.S. Navy will celebrate 100 years of aircraft carriers by taking every opportunity to communicate the strategic importance of aircraft carriers and naval aviation into the future while honoring their history. On March 20, 1922, the former USS Jupiter (Collier #3) recommissioned as the U.S. Navy’s first aircraft carrier USS Langley (CV 1), following a two-year conversion at Norfolk Naval Shipyard.
In the high-end fight, Nimitz and Ford-class... read more
Throughout the 2022 calendar year, the U.S. Navy will celebrate 100 years of aircraft carriers by taking every opportunity to communicate the strategic importance of aircraft carriers and naval aviation into the future while honoring their history. On March 20, 1922, the former USS Jupiter (Collier #3) recommissioned as the U.S. Navy’s first aircraft carrier USS Langley (CV 1), following a two-year conversion at Norfolk Naval Shipyard.
In the high-end fight, Nimitz and Ford-class aircraft carriers are the cornerstone to our ability to maintain sea control and project power ashore. If the Navy maintains consistent support and sustained funding for aircraft carriers, it must educate key publics on their heritage, agility, flexibility, resilience, and future power. show less