On the morning of December 7, Akagi, Kaga, Soryu, and Hiryu participated in the launching ... originally thought prior to the ...

In a technical advance off San Diego, a U.S. Navy F-35B strike fighter landed on a Japanese aircraft carrier for the first ...

The USS George Washington (CVN-73), a Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, underwent a Refueling and Complex ...

And on their flight decks the four carriers were recovering the aircraft returning from the Midway strike. Meanwhile, Spruance s TF 16 airstrikes had lifted off at about 7:00 a.m., 116 fighters, dive ...

A Chinese aircraft carrier group sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, Taiwan's defence minister said, a day after ...

The Nimitz Class aircraft carrier continues to be the centerpiece of the forces necessary for operating forward. In times of crisis, the first question leaders ask in a crisis is: “Where are the ...

After earning his wings, he was assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga ... as to whose bomb hit and sank the Hiryu ...

the Yorktowns were the model for all future U.S. carrier designs. Relatively large, fast, very sea worthy vessels with excellent protection and large aircraft complements, they played an enormous part ...

China has developed land-based anti-ship missiles to force carriers to operate so far from targets that manned aircraft might become less useful than unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs ...

One of the greatest engineering feats in history, the modern U.S. nuclear carrier is a masterpiece of technology, and the flagship of the fleet. With RIMPAC, the world’s largest and most comprehensive ...

Aircraft carriers from China and the United States were operating in the Pacific Ocean this week. An American aircraft carrier left the West Coast as it shifted its home port to Japan, joining the ...

Three U.S. aircraft carriers were underway in the Pacific Ocean this week, with one beginning a voyage to Japan as it shifts its home port from the West Coast to the Asian nation, joining U.S ...