aircraft carrier
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Pilots have compared landing on the short runway, with either side plunging straight down off the side of a vertical cliff, to landing on an aircraft carrier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
It said the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier and its strike group could arrive in the Middle East next month.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
In August, the USS George Washington, an aircraft carrier, was sent to replace the USS Abraham Lincoln following a nine-month deployment.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Take the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, which returned to port in Thailand in early September after nine months at sea.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
Pushing the raft, he figured, was about like trying to push an aircraft carrier.
From "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen
