Sometimes called "controlled chaos," the flight deck of an aircraft carrier is known as the most dangerous place to work in the military. Movies like "Top Gun" and "Behind Enemy Lines" perpetuate the ...

Landing a fighter jet on an aircraft carrier is borderline surgical. The deck space is tight, typically only about 500 feet long, which is nowhere near enough for a jet going 150 mph to stop by brakes ...

The $60 million F/A-18 and a tow tractor slid off the USS Harry S. Truman while it evaded a Houthi missile attack, new documents show.

The sight of President Donald Trump on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush was a great reminder that no one fears U.S. aircraft carriers more than China. Trump flew onto the ...

When aircraft are parked on the hangar deck inside the aircraft carrier, their wings are folded tightly, which reduces the aircraft’s footprint by as much as half. This is why modern fighters like the ...

It was well past time for the US Navy to replace its aging steam catapults with electromagnetic ones—but the new EMALS system ...

In a unique partnership between the Intrepid Museum and FARO Technologies, one of America's most historic aircraft carriers ...

One of the planes was accidentally shot down by the cruiser USS Gettysburg, which also fired on another Super Hornet.

China’s newest aircraft carrier may only be able to conduct air operations at about 60% the rate of a 50-year-old US Navy carrier, two former US carrier officers say, a substantial combat limitation ...

With neither vessel taking significant damage, the civilian craft subsequently attempted to leave the scene before soon being intercepted by a police boat. Local police later confirmed to The San ...

F-35 test pilot Marine Maj. Paul Gucwa from Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Two Three (VX-23), Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD), flies an F-35B Lightning II fighter aircraft to the ...