In terms of defensive capabilities, USS George H.W. Bush is equipped with the RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile for short-range defense against cruise missiles and aircraft, and the RIM-116 ...

America's next two aircraft carriers will be named after former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. Construction on the new aircraft carriers will begin "in the years ahead," the White ...

President Biden announced the names of the newest aircraft carriers that will join the U.S. Navy: USS William J. Clinton and USS George W. Bush. The carriers, named after former President Bill ...

The Sea Wiz is the affectionate nickname given to a 20mm Vulcan Cannon on board the USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier. It fires 4,500 rounds a minute, can hit a target five miles away and has ...

Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers would be named after former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. President Biden announced Monday that the next two future Gerald R. Ford-class ...

The Nimitz Class aircraft carrier continues to be the centerpiece of the forces necessary for operating forward. In times of crisis, the first question leaders ask in a crisis is: “Where are the ...

January 10, 2009 – The USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier is commissioned. February 15, 2011 – Receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom. January 14, 2013 – Is released from the hospital ...