Local lawmakers and members of the Hampton Roads Military Affairs Commission sent a letter to Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus and Chief of Naval Operations

The fight to keep an aircraft carrier in Norfolk continued Monday as area lawmakers met with military leaders in Virginia Beach.

At a hearing with the Navy's top brass, U.S. Sen. Jim Webb expressed his misgivings about the possible loss of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier from Virginia

A political struggle over a Navy carrier has turned into a war of words.  The Defense Department says it wants to move an East Coast carrier to Florida, and a

The possibility of an aircraft carrier permanently leaving Norfolk for Mayport, Florida, received attention Tuesday on Capitol Hill, as Defense Secretary

The Defense Department released its Quadrennial Defense Review Report Monday which re-affirmed the Navy's desire to homeport an East Coast carrier in Mayport,

The Navy's newest carrier left Northrop Grumman Corp.'s Newport News shipyard Wednesday after a seven-month maintenance period.

More than 1,000 sailors from the USS George H.W. Bush spent Friday volunteering at numerous organizations in Newport News and throughout Hampton Roads.

The House Armed Services Committee Wednesday approved the 2010 National Defense Authorization Act, which includes an amendment blocking funding for proposed

The Navy's newest aircraft carrier just pulled into to port from a few days of testing. At almost 1,100-feet long, the USS George H. W. Bush almost stretches

The Navy's newest aircraft carrier, the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), on Tuesday safely completed her first arrested landing, and her first catapult launch.

Northrop Grumman Corporation delivered the nation's newest and most advanced nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77), Monday. It is

Delivery of the new George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier to the Navy has been delayed after an unidentified material was found in two of the ship's emergency

Rapid fire phone calls across Virginia Thursday spread word of the Navy's announcement delaying a decision whether to move a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier

The Department of Defense (DoD) announced today that the final decision on whether to permanently homeport an aircraft carrier in Mayport, Fla., will be made