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---Filter--- Ordered Laid down Commissioned Port Visit Deployment Trials Aircraft 2008-sep-10 Ordered Ordered from Huntington Ingalls (Newport News) 2009-nov-13 Laid down Laid down Newport News Shipbuilding at Newport News, Va. 2017-apr-08 Trials Trials 2017-jul-22 Commissioned Commissioned NS Norfolk at Norfolk Naval Station 2020-mar-29 NEWS Seahawks Completed First VERTREP on CVN-78 2020-sep-07 NEWS NS Norfolk Ford Seahawks Landing In-Port 2022-oct-04 Deployment Deployment NS Norfolk departed NS Norfolk for maiden deployment. leading CSG-12 with Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8 embarked, for North Atlantic. 2022-nov-14 Port Visit Port Visit Stokes Bay called in at Portsmouth on maiden deployment. HSC-9 , HSM-70 and other members of CVW-8 embarked. 2023-jun-26 Deployment Deployment Split 2023-jul-31 Aircraft Aircraft flagship of CSG-12, with CVW-8 embarked. Hosted 1st British aircraft to land on, HMS Duncan Flight WIldcat HMA2, while in the Mediterannean Sea. 2023-aug-01 NEWS Central Mediterranean Wildcat is First Royal Navy Helicopter to Land on USS Gerald R Ford 2023-oct-10 Deployment Deployment diverted with CSG-12 and air wing, from planned visit to Marseilles to Eastern Mediterranean as contingency for Palestinian-Israeli crisis. 2025-aug-17 Deployment Deployment Strait of Dover E transited the Strait of Dover from English Channel to North Sea with escorts USS Bainbridge , USS Winston S. Churchill and USS Mahan . 2026-feb-13 Deployment Deployment ordered from Caribbean to Middle East toward the end of its original deployment, with CVW-8 embarked, including MH-60 helicopters of HSC-9 and HSM-70 . 2026-feb-17 Deployment Deployment Gibraltar Strait passed Strait of Gibraltar, leading CSG-12 with escorts USS Winston S Churchill , USS Mahan and USS Bainbridge . 2026-feb-28 Deployment Deployment Eastern Mediterranean Operation Epic Fury positioned in Eastern Mediterranean Sea with CVW-8 (including HSC-9 and HSM-70 ) embarked, in support of Epic Fury strikes on Iran 2026-mar-23 Deployment Deployment Souda Bay NB entered Souda Bay after withdrawing from Red Sea following accidental fire damage during Operation Epic Fury. 2026-apr-17 Deployment Deployment Red Sea Operation Epic Fury returned to Red Sea in support of Epic Fury strikes on Iran and Houthi Rebels around Yemen.
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NS Norfolk Ford Seahawks Landing In-Port 
Stokes Bay called in at Portsmouth on maiden deployment. HSC-9, HSM-70 and other members of CVW-8 embarked.
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Strait of Dover E transited the Strait of Dover from English Channel to North Sea with escorts USS Bainbridge, USS Winston S. Churchill and USS Mahan.
Souda Bay NB entered Souda Bay after withdrawing from Red Sea following accidental fire damage during Operation Epic Fury.