The total conflict of the Second World War saw battles on land, in the sky, and at sea. These are just a few Navy ships that ...

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The new Hornet had a distinguished World War II career that included the invasion of Saipan and the Battle of the Philippine ...

The United States has 11 aircraft carriers in its fleet and it's for a very specific reason. Here's why that is, and how it ...

After nearly eighty years, an Idaho soldier is finally coming home. This June, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency ...

This week on Weapons and Warfare, host Ryan Robertson explores the groundbreaking partnership between Textron and Leonardo to ...

“Carriers are key to Chinese leadership’s vision of China as a great power with a blue-water navy,” or one that can project ...

When most people think of the Pacific Theater of World War II, they envision tropical islands, heat, and jungle combat.

For at least five years, Army Air Force Staff Sgt. Russell Owen Chitwood remained misidentified amid the casualties from ...

The Marines, however, modified LVTs with ramps that allowed their men to penetrate the atoll on the northwest. Moreover, the ...

The USS Hornet — an aircraft carrier that saw service in the Pacific Theatre of World War II, the Cold War, the Vietnam War, ...