Five Joint NATO aircraft carriers are anchored in European waters

Five Joint NATO aircraft carriers are anchored in European waters Five aircraft carriers from four different NATO member countries. This includes the US Navy’s newest supercarrier USS Gerald R. Ford, which on its first operational deployment, along with many companions, is currently sailing in waters around Europe. These concurrent deployments have provided a valuable opportunity to demonstrate procedures for coordinating the disparate activities of a large number of key naval assets, as might occur in a future high-profile conflict.