Take a look at the first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford - CVN 78. Ford and embarked Carrier Air Wing 8 recently completed integrated carrier strike group operations, under the operational control of Carrier Strike Group 12. Read More: https://go.usa.gov/x7vne | U.S. Navy

Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers and carrier strike groups will provide core capabilities of forward presence, deterrence, sea control, power projection, maritime security and humanitarian assistance. The class brings improved warfighting capability, quality of life improvements for our sailors and reduced total ownership costs. | Interesting Engineering

On Dec. 6, 1973, Gerald Ford became Richard Nixon's Vice President. What was the transition like? Historian Richard Norton Smith describes it as a "tug-of-war." Watch more, Saturday 12/2 on "The Presidency" at 9:30pm ET on C-SPAN 2 https://www.c-span.org/video/?532007-1/vice-president-gerald-ford | American History TV