In this video, we tell the remarkable story of the USS Hornet, one of WWII’s most decorated aircraft carriers. Initially commissioned as CV-8, the Hornet played a pivotal role in key events such as ...

The United States has been the world’s foremost master of carrier warfare since World War II. While other countries ... Each of its 11 world-class aircraft carriers is a seagoing city capable ...

One of the last technical advantages U.S. aircraft carriers have over their Chinese counterparts is close to dissolving. Deep in central China, hundreds of miles from the ocean, researchers are ...

into de facto carriers. This marks the first time since World War II that Tokyo has had warships operating with fixed-wing aircraft. The JMSDF’s two flattops will operate with the F-35B above.

MANILA, Philippines — The French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, the flagship of the French Navy, arrived in the Philippines on February 21, accompanied by its Carrier Strike Group ...

But Hitler’s Germany did make progress towards building an aircraft carrier. This was the Graf Zeppelin—named for Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, best known for developing the eponymous airship.

The Kaga, a helicopter destroyer undergoing conversion into Japan's first aircraft carrier since World War II, remained in Kure, a city southwest of Japan's main island of Honshu, according to a ...

For a nation of more than 17,000 islands at the southern edge of one of the world’s most contested waterways, the idea of an aircraft carrier might seem like a bold, even necessary, step.

Aircraft carriers act as mobile air bases that can turn the tides of any conflict. With such great power and influence, only a handful of nations have access to these behemoths.

ABOARD THE FS CHARLES DE GAULLE, West Philippine Sea — As Rafale fighter jets roared overhead, the only non-American nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the world sailed through these waters, in a ...

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 ...

In particular, Snopes readers asked us about claims that photos of the World War II aircraft Enola Gay were removed because of the word "gay." One social media post making the claim said ...