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United States: Strategic developments in USS Gerald R. Ford
The Navy’s Newest Aircraft Carrier Could Not Handle Its Newest Fighter: The F-35C’s 3,600°F Exhaust Was Too Hot for USS Gerald R. Ford’s Flight Deck as Built The Navy’s newest carrier class and its newest fighter did not fit. As built, USS Gerald R. Ford’s jet blast deflectors could not take the F-35C’s 3,600°F exhaust, and the ship still lacks the secure maintenance network the stealth jet needs. The older Nimitz class has flown the F-35C since 2014. This month two F-35Cs finally launched and landed on a Ford-class carrier, PCU John F. Kennedy.
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