US aircraft carriers are some of the most impressive and complex vessels in the world, designed for power projection and ...

When a plane is done with repairs and ready for flight, an elevator takes it to the flight deck. The AIMD crew share the hangar with the V-3 division, which is in charge of hangar deck control.

They also handle the carrier's aircraft elevators — high-speed hydraulic platforms that move planes from the hangar where they're stored, to the flight deck for takeoff.

Cmdr. Dennis Metz, the mini-boss aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, prepares for a boot shoot on the flight deck. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Bill M ...

File photo of an F/A-18F Super Hornet on the flight deck of aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class E. T. Miller/Released) ...

Designed as a “beefier battle carrier” with an armored flight deck, the Midway-class carriers including the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt and USS Coral Sea, initially aimed to carry 130 aircraft.

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – The ability to launch and recover aircrafts while sailing in the middle of the ocean, called flight ops, is one of the hallmarks of the Navy’s aircraft carriers. 10 on ...

The USS Gerald R. Ford, the Navy's most advanced aircraft carrier is now on its first deployment, five years after it was commissioned into service and 15 years after its naming.

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Rear Adm. Marc Miguez — who commands Carrier Strike Group Two, which includes the Eisenhower and supporting ships — agrees that the aircraft carrier is crucial to America’s military.

When a plane is done with repairs and ready for flight, an elevator takes it to the flight deck. The AIMD crew share the hangar with the V-3 division, which is in charge of hangar deck control.