During World War II, aircraft carriers revolutionized naval warfare, and several stood out for their significant ...

The Essex-class aircraft carriers proved their worth in World War II, setting a standard for naval aviation. Built without ...

But the trainer carriers had a problem with what is called "wind over the deck." When there was little or no wind on Lake Michigan, training had to stop because the carriers couldn't generate ...

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 ...

The wreck of a US aircraft carrier that was sunk during World ... because she was one of the capital ships that was lost during WWII," Vulcan spokesman Robert Kraft said. Pictures from the seabed ...

Aircraft carriers are floating airbases that can ... According to the Navy, carrier strike groups were first used in World War II mostly in conflicts between the United States and Japan in the ...

The Navy has begun the process of retiring its oldest aircraft carrier, the USS Nimitz, which was commissioned in 1975.

In the early morning hours of Sunday, December 7, 1941, a strike force of 353 aircraft from the Land of ... as one of the deepest shipwrecks of WWII).

The operational tests for F-35B stealth fighters comes after Japan recently finished modification work on a newly converted ...

The US operates 10 Nimitz-class flat top aircraft carriers, more than the rest of the world, but for the first time since the close of World War II, not a single carrier is deployed. The US had ...

The Essex-class aircraft carriers proved their worth in World War II, setting a standard for naval aviation. Built without tonnage restrictions, they incorporated the best features from previous ...