Chinese aircraft carrier CNS Fujian returned to a dry dock at Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai from a sea trial on January 7.

In the aftermath of the Second World War, leaders of the United States Navy, such as Admiral Marc Mitscher, dreamed up a new ...

Flight deck operations on an aircraft carrier have been compared to a ballet ... "Being a blue shirt is hard work, but it makes you tough," said Airman Michael Lothrop, from Atlanta.

The U.S. has the world's largest carrier fleet with 11 in service, while China ranks second with three and Japan has two ...

Although technically not called an "aircraft carrier," the Maritime Self-Defense ... fighter jets to take off and land on its flight deck. The Kaga departed from the MSDF Kure Base in Hiroshima ...

Osama bin Laden was even buried at sea on the Carl Vinson's deck ... are hard at work on the USS John F. Kennedy, they are ...

making it suitable for catapult launches and fly-in arrestments aboard naval aircraft carriers. Its wingtips fold to allow for more room on the deck on the carriers while deployed. The CV has the ...

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 ...

CLANK, CLANK, CLANK … The overwhelming power is hard to describe as a 30-ton Mark ... the hawse pipe in the forecastle aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).

The ex-aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy began its final journey to the scrapyard. The decommissioned vessel was the last conventionally powered flattop built by the US Navy. The Kennedy namesake will ...

In an earlier analysis from December, Sutton pointed out that “The fact that the superstructure spans the original deck means that a traditional aircraft carrier layout is not possible.” ...

The Navy has announced the names for the next two Ford-class aircraft carriers: CVN 82 will be known ... aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln’s flight deck. Also, the proximity to both Clinton and ...