Robbins and his crew called the plan “Operation Pinwheel” because of the circular motion the planes would create when pushing the massive carrier in its desired direction.

The American amphibious assault ship, USS America, can support flight operations by F-35B stealth fighter aircraft.

The Navy’s first unmanned tanker is set to come to an aircraft carrier in 2026, according to the commander of Naval Air ...

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 aircraft carrier to fight what was then the budding Cold War against the ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.” ...