When Pearl Harbor came into view, black smoke was already rising from the U.S. ships hit by the first wave of Japan’s surprise attack. The crew of a Nakajima B5N2 torpedo bomber readied for its run.

He not only survived the stunning attack on America’s Pacific Fleet in Hawaii and returned safely to the aircraft carrier Soryu; he was also on leave in June 1942 when the vessel was sunk in the ...

He started as ground crew, maintaining biplanes, but was accepted for navigator training in 1938, and in 1939 was posted to the aircraft carrier Soryu. To ordinary Japanese servicemen like Yoshiok ...

By the time Mr. Yoshioka and the Nakajima crew were back on the aircraft carrier Soryu, a total of 58 men aboard the Utah had ...

When his aircraft returned to the aircraft carrier "Soryu", the "USS Utah" had suffered 58 casualties. In the decades following the war, Yoshioka often reflected on the grave consequences of his ...

Learn more Flying with a cat is stressful, but one of the best airline-approved cat carriers can make it easier to travel with your cat. When you place your cat at your feet in the plane cabin ...

U.S. Yorktown Class Arguably the most successful class of warship ever built, and certainly one of the most decorated, the Yorktowns were the model for all future U.S. carrier designs. Relatively ...

The Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) reportedly operated its three aircraft carriers for exercises or tests over the past week for the first time. The show of "strength" by the PLAN ...

Both of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) aircraft carriers – the CNS Type 001 Liaoning and CNS Type 002 Shandong – were "pier-side at Sanya naval base on China's southern island of ...

Aircraft carriers from both China and the U.S. were operating in the Pacific Ocean this week. One of the six West Coast-based American aircraft carriers visited Guam as it was on the way home ...