The USS General Ford, the biggest and most advanced aircraft carrier in the American fleet is now joining at least eight warships and a nuclear submarine already deployed in the waters off Latin ...

Welcome back to the Fluctus Channel, as we explore the legacy and modern operations of Newport News Shipbuilding, the only shipyard that builds and maintains America’s nuclear-powered aircraft ...

The People’s Liberation Army Navy’s newly commissioned aircraft carrier CNS Fujian (18) recently conducted its first at-sea ...

The legendary American aircraft carriers are a mobile floating military airbase and a powerful tool of geopolitical influence. Due to the impressive buoyancy and reliable protection of the aircraft ...

New footage shows the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier operating in the Persian Gulf near Iran—referred to as the Arabian Gulf by the U.S. and Gulf nations—following its recent operations in the Arabian ...

Of the more than 11 million American armed service members who served during World War II, only about 66,000 are still alive today. Chief video correspondent Graham Flanagan interviewed 106-year-old ...

Even the most landlocked layman knows an aircraft carrier when they see one. Their long, flat flight deck allows them to carry, launch, and land aircraft, and they are immediately recognizable from ...

Naval aviators believe they are the best pilots on earth — just ask them — and the primary reason they cite is hard to argue with: they land on aircraft carriers. Whether in calm seas and sunshine or ...

A Newsweek map shows that four United States aircraft carriers were underway across the Indo-Pacific this week—from the country's West Coast to waters off the Arabian Peninsula. With regard to the ...

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Lyle Goldstein is director of Asia Engagement at Defense Priorities. In late September, the Chinese navy made public the remarkable tests of its new Fujian aircraft carrier, sparking ...

To the untrained eye, a busy carrier flight deck looks like an uncoordinated shambles. In reality, it's a finely tuned piece of choreography that's designed to optimize how quickly carriers can launch ...

On Oct. 26, 1942, the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier the USS Hornet was sunk during pitched fighting in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands. Strapped to the deck of the carrier was a farming tractor, ...