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It's part of a new class of advanced aircraft carriers being built for the United States military.
The Ford has a number of technological advancements, including an electromagnetic system for launching aircraft.
It also has a higher price tag than its predecessors, topping $13 billion, according to the Navy.
The strike group at Leeds arrived in the Caribbean on Sunday as part of a growing effort to put pressure on Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, but it's still unclear if the Trump administration is planning any military action against the country.
Juliet Montefusco was flying from Philadelphia to Florida to meet up with her sister and other family members.
Her flight was on time, but she said one part of her family got delayed for hours, including five kids.
Transportation officials say air travel headaches could get even worse as Thanksgiving approaches.
Joe Hernandez, NPR News, Philadelphia.
Juliet Montefusco was flying from Philadelphia to Florida to meet up with her sister and other family members.
Her flight was on time, but she said one part of her family got delayed for hours, including five kids.
Transportation officials say air travel headaches could get even worse as Thanksgiving approaches.
Joe Hernandez, NPR News, Philadelphia.
Late last week, the Federal Aviation Administration announced it would begin cutting flight traffic up to 10 percent at 40 high-traffic airports in major markets like Atlanta, Dallas, and Denver.
On Sunday, airports across the country were bogged down by disruptions.
By mid-morning, there were already more than 1,200 flight cancellations and 10,000 delays, according to the website FlightAware.
The FAA is currently contending with a shortage of air traffic controllers who were already in short supply before the shutdown and now are not being paid.
The shutdown, which began on October 1st, is the longest in U.S.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says flight disruptions across the country will only worsen the longer the shutdown goes on.