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Stories about: aircraft carrier

USS United States: The Supercarrier That Started Beef Between the Air Force and Navy
USS United States: The Supercarrier That Started Beef Between the Air Force and Navy

11 Jan 2024, 17:30 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Even after 70 years, some aspects of the military-industrial complex have never changed. Eisenhower tried to warn us, after all, if only we'd listened.

 
Newest Predator Drone Drone Plays With UK's Most Powerful Warship
Newest Predator Drone Drone Plays With UK's Most Powerful Warship

20 Nov 2023, 10:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American defense contractor General Atomics conducted the first short takeoff and landing (STOL) demo of the Mojave unmanned aircraft system (UAV) on a warship

 
Oldest Aircraft Carrier in the World Nails 350,000th Aircraft Trap, Must Be a Record
Oldest Aircraft Carrier in the World Nails 350,000th Aircraft Trap, Must Be a Record

25 Apr 2023, 13:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Navy earlier this month reached an important milestone for aircraft carrier operations: the USS Nimitz completed its 350,000 arrested landing

 
UK’s Massive Flagship Squeezed Through Narrow Fjords for Its First-Ever Visit to Oslo
UK’s Massive Flagship Squeezed Through Narrow Fjords for Its First-Ever Visit to Oslo

24 Nov 2022, 04:41 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The mammoth HMS Queen Elizabeth completed one of the narrowest harbor entries in its history, as it visited Norway for the first time

 
This U.S. Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Is Gearing up for a Very Different Kind of Action
This U.S. Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Is Gearing up for a Very Different Kind of Action

14 Oct 2022, 03:31 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / For the first time in a very long time, an active aircraft carrier will be hosting a men's basketball game on its flight deck, and on a very special day

 
The Biggest and Most Expensive Warship Ever Built Set Off on Its First Official Voyage
The Biggest and Most Expensive Warship Ever Built Set Off on Its First Official Voyage

4 Oct 2022, 03:37 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The U.S. Navy reached a huge milestone with the first cruise of the USS Gerald R Ford (CVN-78), before its first official deployment next year

 
Royal Navy’s Biggest Aircraft Carrier Might Not Make It to New York After Breaking Down
Royal Navy’s Biggest Aircraft Carrier Might Not Make It to New York After Breaking Down

31 Aug 2022, 03:28 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / UK's biggest and newest aircraft carrier broke down soon after departing its naval base, when it was headed to the U.S. for intensive trials with fighter jets

 
India’s First Indigenous Aircraft Carrier Launched, Powered by General Electric Engines
India’s First Indigenous Aircraft Carrier Launched, Powered by General Electric Engines

17 Aug 2022, 03:07 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / India reached a milestone for its military and naval development, with the commissioning of its first indigenous aircraft carrier

 
The Biggest of the Biggest: Prelude FLNG, the Largest Floating Edifice of All Time
The Biggest of the Biggest: Prelude FLNG, the Largest Floating Edifice of All Time

13 Aug 2022, 16:11 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / Almost 600 yards long and six times heavier than the 'USS Ronald Reagan', the 10$Bln+ floating natural gas refinery is a tech marvel and a monetary nightmare

 
This US Aircraft Carrier Hosted a College Basketball Game on Its Deck, It Was Wonderful
This US Aircraft Carrier Hosted a College Basketball Game on Its Deck, It Was Wonderful

5 Aug 2022, 04:40 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The newly christened forefather of the Midway-class aircraft carrier never saw action in the Second World War. But managed to have a wonderful career afterward.

 
Navy Trying to Recover the $50M Super Hornet That Got Blown Off a Carrier by Wind
Navy Trying to Recover the $50M Super Hornet That Got Blown Off a Carrier by Wind

12 Jul 2022, 05:18 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The U.S. 6th Fleet is still investigating the baffling reasons that caused a $50 million, 32,000-pound Super Hornet to be blown overboard

 
USS George H.W. Bush Both Catapulted and Landed Jets 80,000 Times, All With Zero Incidents
USS George H.W. Bush Both Catapulted and Landed Jets 80,000 Times, All With Zero Incidents

24 Jun 2022, 15:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / USS George H.W. Bush and the Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7 reached the 80,000 takeoffs and 80,000 landings milestones this month

 
F/A-18E Super Hornet Shows Its Teeth as It Gets to Be Arrested on Aircraft Carrier Deck
F/A-18E Super Hornet Shows Its Teeth as It Gets to Be Arrested on Aircraft Carrier Deck

17 May 2022, 08:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / F/A-18E Super Hornet deployed with the Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 151 in the Philippine Sea is seen here getting ready to make an arrested landing

 
F/A-18 Super Hornets Put On an Aircraft Carrier Show Before Top Gun: Maverick Premiere
F/A-18 Super Hornets Put On an Aircraft Carrier Show Before Top Gun: Maverick Premiere

13 May 2022, 06:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Navy releases a couple of images showing the F/A-18E Super Hornets in action at sea, just in time for the release of Top Gun: Maverick

 
Submarine-Hunting Helicopters Arrive on Aircraft Carrier HMS Prince of Wales
Submarine-Hunting Helicopters Arrive on Aircraft Carrier HMS Prince of Wales

8 Mar 2022, 15:20 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Royal Navy's premier Merlin Mk2 submarine-hunting helicopters have touched down on the aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales for Arctic exercises

 
F-35 Fighter Jet Crash-Lands on USS Carl Vinson, Skids Off the Deck and Is Lost at Sea
F-35 Fighter Jet Crash-Lands on USS Carl Vinson, Skids Off the Deck and Is Lost at Sea

26 Jan 2022, 10:52 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / USS Carl Vinson had just started operations in the South China Sea when “a landing mishap” occurred. Seven people were injured and the aircraft has been lost

 
Nuclear Carrier Deploys Under the Command of a Woman, for the First Time in U.S. History
Nuclear Carrier Deploys Under the Command of a Woman, for the First Time in U.S. History

6 Jan 2022, 07:00 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The USS Abraham Lincoln nuclear carrier departed on a historic mission under the command of a woman captain, with the first Marine Corps F-35 squadron on board

 
USS Carl Vinson Flight Operations Remind Enemies America Can Always Strike From Nearby
USS Carl Vinson Flight Operations Remind Enemies America Can Always Strike From Nearby

7 Nov 2021, 07:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Video shows the nuclear-powered USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier conducting its usual business while deployed in an undisclosed location

 
USS Kitty Hawk and USS John F. Kennedy Aircraft Carriers Sell for a Penny Each
USS Kitty Hawk and USS John F. Kennedy Aircraft Carriers Sell for a Penny Each

6 Oct 2021, 20:55 UTC · By: Cristian Curmei / A recent deal between the U.S. Navy and ISL/EMR Brownsville dismantling firm has resulted in two decommissioned aircraft carriers being sold for two cents

 
Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carrier Is One Huge Gas Station, Delivered 1M Gallons of Fuel
Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carrier Is One Huge Gas Station, Delivered 1M Gallons of Fuel

30 Sep 2021, 08:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Nimitz-Class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson refueled nine ships since the beginning of the year, feeding them a total of 1 million gallons of fuel