A U.S. aircraft carrier will soon arrive at a naval base in Japan for forward deployment in the Western Pacific Ocean.

Three U.S. aircraft carriers were underway in the Pacific Ocean this week ... Newsweek's weekly update maps aircraft carrier movements in the strategic Indo-Pacific region. As of October 18 ...

Newsweek's weekly update maps aircraft ... with 11 in service. China ranks second with three ships. USS Nimitz, USS Carl Vinson, and USS George Washington: Eastern Pacific Ocean The Nimitz ...