Latest "Reagan" stories

USS Benfold transits Taiwan Strait, a move China calls a provocation

It was the third transit through the South China Sea in a week.

By Diana Stancy Correll

6 months ago

What Biden should tell Putin when it comes to Ukraine

Lawmakers have ideas on what President Joe Biden should tell Vladimir Putin about Ukraine in a video call planned for Tuesday.

14 months ago

The defense secretary’s plan for China includes better tech, less panic

"China is not 10 feet tall. This is America,” Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said Dec. 4. “America isn’t a country that fears competition."

By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press

14 months ago

Aircraft carrier Reagan returns to Yokosuka, Japan, after six-month deployment

Reagan sailed 60,000 miles and its embarked Carrier Air Wing 5 racked up more than 20,000 flight hours during the deployment.

By Diana Stancy Correll

2 years ago

Navy conducts show of air power in the Indo-Pacific, another message to China

The demo conducted by the Reagan Carrier Strike Group and its embarked Carrier Air Wing 5 featured formation flybys, high-speed aerial turns, rocket shoots and a 5-inch gun shoot from guided-missile cruiser Antietam.

By Harm Venhuizen

2 years ago

SECDEF: ‘We’re not going to be stopped by anybody’ from operating in South China Sea

“Look, American aircraft carriers have been in the South China Sea in the Indo-Pacific since World War II."

By Diana Stancy Correll

3 years ago