On December 22, the 11th and final advanced weapons elevator (AWE) aboard aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) was turned over to the ship’s crew.
More than four years after it was commissioned, the Navy's newest and most expensive aircraft carrier is one step closer to being fully operational now that it can get bombs up to the flight deck.
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