On March 18, 1945, the Douglas XTB2D-1 Skypirate took its maiden flight, showcasing its potential as a powerful carrier-based ...
As South Vietnam collapsed under the onslaught of communist forces, one South Vietnamese pilot made a brave and daring escape ...
Even though the Illinois no longer exists, a small fragment of it remains to remind us of what might have been.
Alert pilots of a Southwest Airlines jet landing Feb. 25 perfectly executed a go-around maneuver with help from air traffic ...
Navy pilot John Leppla was credited with shooting down five Japanese aircraft in aerial combat before he was shot down and ...
At Midway, the Dauntless was credited with sinking or mortally wounding each of the four Japanese aircraft carriers involved in the battle.
You can get in touch with Ryan by emailing [email protected]. Aircraft carriers deployed by the United States and its NATO ally France made port calls in the Western Pacific Ocean this week ...
The Italian Navy's assault helicopter carrier/aircraft carrier ITS Giuseppe Garibaldi (C 551), pictured in March 2024. (Guy Toremans) The carrier, launched in 1985, was placed in reserve in ...
Sailors prepare to man the rails of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) in San Diego on June 28, 2023. U.S. Navy Photo Aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) will make one last homeport change ...
When most people think of modern aircraft carriers and the nations that use them, they likely consider the 11 such vessels sailing for the U.S. Navy. The other nations with two or more carriers ...
Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, on Tuesday condemned the visit of the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier to Busan as "hostile and confrontational." File Pool Photo by Jorge ...
In this video, we tell the remarkable story of the USS Hornet, one of WWII’s most decorated aircraft carriers ... Raid and the decisive Battle of Midway. Despite her courageous service, her ...