Chinese aircraft carrier strike groups have been operating further from home shores and in greater strength than ever before, testing state-of-the-art technology and sending a message they are a force to be reckoned with,

China's third aircraft carrier, Fujian, is set to join service by end-2025, boosting its naval power with EMALS tech, stealth jets, and expanded sea deployment capability

Official media said China is about to enter a three-aircraft-carrier era, with the Fujian expected to enter service by 2025. After the launch of the Fujian on June 17, 2022, it carried out its first sea trial from May 1 to 8 in 2024.

Washington will have more options in the region for different scenarios.

Japan this week confirmed that two Chinese aircraft carriers have operated together for the first time in the Pacific.

The U.S. military has moved a large number of refueling aircraft to Europe to provide options to President Donald Trump as Middle East tensions erupt into conflict between Iran and Israel, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Monday,

The USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier strike group is operating in the Persian Gulf. The U.S. military didn’t appear to surge ships or other military assets in the region that could bolster U.S. or Israel’s defense ahead of Thursday’s attack.

On October 15th 2016, the 43,000 ton Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuzentsov slipped out of the Kola Bay fjord in the Barents Sea. Escorted by a small flotilla of warships including the powerful Pyotr Velikiy battlecruiser,