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Franchetti Tapped for VCNO, Second Navy Female Four Star; 3rd Fleet Koehler to Joint Staff, Cheeseman to CNP

Vice Adm. Lisa Franchetti. US Navy Photo

A career surface warfare officer has been tapped to serve as the second highest-ranking officer in the Navy and the second female four-star in the service’s history, the Pentagon announced on Tuesday.

Vice Adm. Lisa Franchetti, if confirmed by the Senate, will succeed current Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. William Lescher, who is expected to retire following his current tour.

Franchetti, currently the head of the J5 Strategic Plans and Policy on the...

https://news.usni.org/2022/04/26/franchetti-tapped-for-vcno-second-navy-female-four-star-3rd-fleet-koehler-to-joint-staff-cheeseman-to-cnp

Ford Carrier Strike Group Maximizes New CVN’s Gear, Design In Final Test Event Before Shock Trials

Fire Controlman 2nd Class Anthony Anadon, from Stockton, California, assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN-78) combat systems department, prepares an Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) for upload into a missile launcher during an ammunition onload on April 9, 2021. US Navy Photo

Asked how Ford, the strike group and the air wing used CSSQT and the rest of the recent at-sea period to highlight the strengths of the new class of carriers, Ford commanding officer Capt. Paul Lanzilotta told USNI News...

https://news.usni.org/2021/04/26/ford-carrier-strike-group-maximizes-new-cvns-gear-design-in-final-test-event-before-shock-trials

Ford Carrier Strike Group Maximizes New CVN’s Gear, Design In Final Test Event Before Shock Trials

Fire Controlman 2nd Class Anthony Anadon, from Stockton, California, assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN-78) combat systems department, prepares an Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) for upload into a missile launcher during an ammunition onload on April 9, 2021. US Navy Photo

Asked how Ford, the strike group and the air wing used CSSQT and the rest of the recent at-sea period to highlight the strengths of the new class of carriers, Ford commanding officer Capt. Paul Lanzilotta told USNI News...

https://news.usni.org/2021/04/26/ford-carrier-strike-group-maximizes-new-cvns-gear-design-in-final-test-event-before-shock-trials

USS Gerald Ford EMALS Launching System Suffers Fault During Testing Period

USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) Transits the Atlantic Ocean on June 4, 2020. US Navy Photo

USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) returned to port Sunday after its latest at-sea testing period with mixed results. While the carrier operated with the most complex air wing to date, the ship’s Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) suffered a failure that prevented the carrier from launching planes for five days, the Navy announced in a Sunday statement.

On June 2, the crew discovered a fault in the power...

https://news.usni.org/2020/06/08/uss-gerald-ford-emals-launching-system-suffers-fault-during-testing-period

USS Gerald Ford Done Proving It Can Launch Planes, Ready to Tackle Warfighting Operations

As a first step, the first-in-class carrier is likely to do some command and control exercises with the nearby Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group, at sea in the Mid-Atlantic aiming to avoid the COVID-19...