Biden announces aircraft carriers to be named after George W. Bush and Bill Clinton

U.S. President Joe Biden announced on Monday that the Navy's two future aircraft carriers will be named after former commanders-in-chief Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.

“Construction of the future USS William J. Clinton (CVN 82) and the future USS George W. Bush (CVN 83) will begin in the coming years,” Biden said in a statement a week before Donald took over as president expressed in. trump card.

“When completed, they will join the most capable, most nimble, and most professional Navy ever built,” Biden said. “Their crews will come from all corners of the United States and they will pilot these ships into dangerous situations to defend our Overseas interests and domestic security.”

The United States has a long tradition of naming some of its aircraft carriers, which are large warships crewed by thousands of sailors and carrying dozens of aircraft, after former presidents.

America's newest aircraft carrier series is named after Gerald R. Ford, while another multibillion-dollar ship is named after John F. Kennedy ——This is the second time he has received this honor. According to the Navy, the Ford-class aircraft carrier is the first new aircraft carrier in more than 40 years and begins a phased replacement of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier.

Clinton, who did not serve in the military, served as president from 1993 to 2001, during which U.S. warplanes carried out strikes in Iraq and Yugoslavia and U.S. troops fought Somali militias in the infamous Black Hawk Down incident, among other conflicts.

Bush served as an Air National Guard pilot and held the nation's highest office from 2001 to 2009.

His presidency was marked by the so-called “war on terror” he launched in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks, a military campaign that spanned the globe and included devastating long wars in Afghanistan and Iraq that left dozens dead. . Thousands died.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin welcomed the choice of the names, saying the ships “will serve as a lasting tribute to each leader's legacy of service to America.”

“Like their namesakes, these two future aircraft carriers and the crews who fly them will work to keep our nation safe, remind us of our history, and inspire others to serve our great republic,” Austin said in a statement. Serve.”