{"id":46299,"date":"2022-11-28T19:51:02","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T19:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/11\/28\/carrier-gerald-r-ford-returns-to-norfolk-after-brief-deployment\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:56:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:56:18","slug":"carrier-gerald-r-ford-returns-to-norfolk-after-brief-deployment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/11\/28\/carrier-gerald-r-ford-returns-to-norfolk-after-brief-deployment\/","title":{"rendered":"Carrier Gerald R Ford returns to Norfolk after brief deployment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford returned to Norfolk, Virginia, on Saturday<\/a>, concluding its first deployment a little less than two months after its departure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After getting underway Oct. 4, the carrier and its strike group focused on air defense<\/a> and anti-subsurface warfare, distributed maritime operations and conducted a transfer of authority with NATO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe sailed with our Allies and partners and trained together, tirelessly, day and night, and we are stronger for it,\u201d Capt. Paul Lanzilotta, Ford\u2019s commanding officer, said in a release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThrough integrated and combined operations, such as live and inert ordnance expenditure by Carrier Air Wing 8, anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, and air defense, we set the stage for operating with Ford-class technologies in a deployed environment,\u201d Lanzilotta added. \u201cWe completed more than 1,250 sorties, expended 78.3 tons of ordnance, and completed 13 underway replenishments \u2014 and we accomplished this because of what Ford-class aircraft carriers bring to the fight.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t