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 ...

New generation of navy officers aboard PLA’s first aircraft carrier more confident in using the foreign language to warn off planes and vessels.

Aircraft Carriers: A Legacy System That's Not Worth the Cost America’s preferred warship of the day, the battleship, had been denied to the Americans in the Pacific at Pearl Harbor, where the ...

The USS George Washington (CVN-73), a Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, underwent a Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH) that lasted 2,117 days, almost as long as it took to build ...

Service: US Navy Propulsion: 2x Allison T56-A-425 turboprop engines Max Speed: 343 knots Range: 1,000 nm Crew: Four The C-2A Greyhound is the primary at-sea delivery aircraft for the US Navy to ...

A documentary on state media refers to take-offs by the new jet from the deck of the Liaoning, but offers no further information or images of the aircraft.

A US F-35 stealth fighter jet landed aboard Japan's new destroyer-turned-aircraft carrier for the first time ... to withstand the F-35B variant's vector-thrust engines, lights for nighttime ...

The Navy plans on naming its fourth Ford-class aircraft carrier after World War II hero Doris 'Dorie' Miller, an African-American sailor recognized for his heroism during the 1941 attack on Pearl ...

However, despite its formidable performance, the F-15 is not capable of operating from aircraft carriers. -Carrier operations require specialized design features, such as reinforced landing gear ...

Yemen's Houthi rebels, which are supported by Iran, reportedly nearly hit a United States aircraft carrier in the Red Sea with a missile earlier this year. The incident was reported in the October ...

Times change for Aircraft Carriers and the U.S. Navy The aircraft carrier has been the seminal vessel, the most iconic boat, in naval warfare for nearly eighty years.

"The primary mission of an aircraft carrier is to fly aircraft, and we need to be able to replenish the jet fuel without having to pull in port." During a RAS, Ford's V-4 division, responsible for ...