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Navy loses two aircraft from USS Nimitz aircraft carrier

Navy Probes USS Nimitz Fuel Supply After Crashes, Trump Points to ‘Bad Fuel’

The Navy is investigating the fuel supply of aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) as a possible cause for two U.S. aircraft crashes in the South China Sea, President Donald Trump told reporters during a press gaggle on Monday.

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Navy loses two aircraft from USS Nimitz aircraft carrier within 30 minutes

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Two USS Nimitz aircraft crash within an hour in separate mishaps

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Navy Loses Two Aircraft From USS Nimitz Aircraft Carrier Within 30 Minutes

A fighter jet and a helicopter based off the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz both crashed into the South China Sea within 30 minutes of each other on Sunday afternoon, the Navy's Pacific Fleet said.

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US Navy Sea Hawk helicopter, F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet go down in separate South China Sea incidents

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2 US Navy aircraft go down in South China Sea

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Who Was Nimitz & Why Is An American Aircraft Carrier Named After Him?

The United States Navy welcomed the USS Nimitz (CVN-68) aircraft carrier as the lead ship in its class on May 3, 1975. Like all Navy vessels, the carrier was named after a significant person and the Nimitz was given its name in honor of Fleet Admiral ...

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Floating Airbase: What Makes the Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carriers So Powerful

What You Need to Know: The Nimitz-class supercarriers, named after Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, have been the backbone of the U.S. Navy’s aircraft carrier fleet since the 1970s. -These nuclear-powered carriers, with their massive size, firepower, and ...

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Admiral Chester W. Nimitz

Admiral Chester W. Nimitz with Cdr Herbert E. Schonland and LCdr Bruce McCandless aboard USS San Francisco (CA-38), in December 1942. PD. Although Douglas MacArthur and Chester Nimitz were the two men most directly responsible for the Allied victory in the ...

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U.S. Navy Helicopter and Fighter Jet Both Crash in 30 Minutes

A U.S. Navy helicopter and a fighter jet crashed within 30 minutes of each other during two entirely unrelated incidents in the South China Sea, the Pacific Fleet reported. A MH-60R Seahawk helicopter went down while conducting “routine operations” in the contested waters at around 2.