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Trump orders the Navy to return to an older system of launching jets off aircraft carriers

ABC NewsAugust 14, 2026

President Donald Trump is ordering the U.S. Navy to remove the advanced system used to launch fighter jets from its newest type of aircraft carriers and return to using older steam catapults that he has long said he prefers

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