SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The U.S. Navy has decided to extend the service life of its oldest serving aircraft carrier, the USS Nimitz, until next year.
The military had originally planned to decommission the aircraft carrier this spring, but decided to keep the ship active so that the Navy could maintain at least 11 operational aircraft carriers in its fleet as mandated by a U.S. law governing the Armed Forces.
The Navy’s decision to delay decommissioning Nimitz was first reported by Breaking Defense and confirmed in the March 13 announcement of contracts by the U.S. Department of War…