The U.S. Navy kept aircraft carriers in the Great Lakes during WWII to train new pilots for carrier landings without being ...

The year 1945 remade the world. The spring witnessed the firebombing of Japanese and German cities. President Franklin D.

Key Points and Summary on Midway-Class – The U.S. Navy’s Midway-class ships, commissioned just after WWII, were America’s first aircraft carriers with armored flight decks, a direct response to ...

The versatile ship served as the flagship for the Pacific Fleet from 1921 to 1940. The San Pedro-based portion of the fleet, ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) — The Intrepid Museum is offering free movie nights this summer against the stunning backdrop of a New York City sunset. On July 25 and August 22, you can catch a free movie … ...

The San Diego-based aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, which is in the midst of one of its longest deployments in years, has been joined in the Arabian Sea by its sister flattop USS Nimitz, mainly ...

The event featured a collection of rare World War II aircraft, including a Beech RC45-J SBD, a PT-13 Stearman, a BT-13 Valiant, and a PT-26 Cornell. The renowned P51D "Gunfighter" was also part of the ...

The Japanese aircraft carrier Unryū was one of the final ships commissioned for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. As the lead ship of her class, Unryū was expected to play a ...

Aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73) arrived in Manila on Thursday for a port visit, the first since it departed Japan in June for its first patrol as a forward-deployed ship.

July 3 (UPI) -- Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong docked at Victoria Harbour for a ceremony on Thursday. The task force was welcomed with a ceremony held by Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ...

The United States and China have deployed aircraft carriers in the South China Sea—where the sovereignty claims of several countries overlap—as they compete for naval dominance.

A new satellite image reveals the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier deployed in the Arabian Sea, near Iran.