
The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) got underway and headed back out to sea trials off the coast of Virginia on Oct. 25 after finishing a 15-month post-shakedown availability (PSA) period. Before it got underway, the Ford finished a five-day pierside fast cruise period on Oct. 23 at shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] Newport News Shipbuilding facility. The Navy said the cruise was a “culminating training evolution designed to bring Ford to life” after the PSA. During the…