Striking images show the F-35 jump-jet's first trials on a newly converted Japanese aircraft carrier
Japan's destroyer-turned-aircraft carrier recently concluded sea trials off California that put Lockheed's F-35B to the test.
US vs. Chinese replenishment ships: The workhorses that keep aircraft carriers operating
China is relatively new to replenishment ships and tends to build new vessels. The US Navy has 100 years of experience and ...
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USS Wasp (CV-7): The Worst Aircraft Carrier of World War II
The USS Wasp (CV-7), shaped by the limitations of the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty, is often cited as the worst aircraft ...
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Satellite imagery shows mystery ship built in China amid breakneck naval expansion
China appears to have built a new and unusual aircraft carrier, intriguing experts with a potentially first-of-its-kind ...
Iberia's New Airbus A321XLR Aircraft Has Smaller Galley Spaces For Flight Attendants
Iberia is hitting the headlines with its brand-new Airbus A321XLR. The carrier has performed some short-haul familiarization ...
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$6,000,000,000 Nuclear Aircraft Carrier 'Sunk' By $100,000,000 Diesel Submarine
Although faster carriers could theoretically evade such attacks, the Gotland’s success demonstrated the potency of smaller, ...
China's J-35A stealth fighter is 'black box' despite splashy debut
China's much-anticipated J-35A stealth aircraft, centrepiece of this week's Zhuhai air show, has been more than a decade in ...
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Gray Eagle STOL Makes Historic First Flight from Ship to Land
Gray Eagle STOL aircraft took off from a South Korean warship and landed at a ground base – the first-ever such mission for ...
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The Navy Quit Building a 'Bomber' Aircraft Carrier in Just 5 Days
The USS United States (CVA-58) was a highly ambitious post-WWII U.S. Navy supercarrier program designed to carry large bombers capable of delivering nuclear payloads.
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Boeing and US Navy simulate MQ-25 carrier recovery using F-35 automated landing system
The US Navy (USN) has logged another milestone on its path to fielding its first aircraft carrier ... Nimitz- and Ford-class super carriers, as well as the smaller class of light carriers known ...
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In a deepening alliance, Japanese aircraft carrier finishes testing U.S. fighter jets off San Diego
The aircraft are built in the U.S., which ... The Kaga is nearly 280 feet shorter than American carriers. But its smaller size doesn’t appear to be an impediment. Military senior ranking ...