Navy's Top Officer Admits Ford Carrier Fire Halted Its Combat Sorties For Two Days

Navy's Top Officer Admits Ford Carrier Fire Halted Its Combat Sorties For Two Days More details continue to belatedly come out in piecemeal fashion related to the Navy's largest and most expensive supercarrier, the USS Gerald R Ford. It has withdrawn from the Iran theatre of operations and Mideast regional waters, now anchored in Croatia (Split) for largescale emergency repairs, after a March 12 fire which the Pentagon has said was non-combat related left some sailors with minor...

By Tyler Durden