The US Navy (USN) has used its Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) and Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) to launch and recover an aircraft for the first time from first-of-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford (CVN 78). An F/A-18F Super Hornet was recovered and...
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In this June 1 photo, the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln and an Air Force B-52H Stratofortress conduct joint exercises in the Arabian Sea. (Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Brian M. Wilbur/U.S. Navy via AP) ON BOARD THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN — A U.S. aircraft carrier the White...
A nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier is expected to arrive in waters near South Korea this weekend, raising tensions in the Korean Peninsula, Yonhap news agency reported on Tuesday.
USS George Washington (CVN-73) has finally reached the Naval Station Norfolk, Va. after it cleared the Navy’s acceptance trails following the mid-life overhaul.
A pilot shortage that had gripped the US regional airline industry is finally easing, at least temporarily, due to aircraft production and maintenance issues that have left much larger US airlines with fewer-than-anticipated jets.
The next nuclear-powered aircraft carrier for the U.S. Navy is now three-quarters structurally complete following the recent…
The two carriers’ arrival in the South China Sea prompted a quarrel of sorts on Twitter, when China’s state-run Global Times tweeted out photos Saturday of DF-21D and DF-26 “aircraft carrier killer” missiles and noted that the U.S. carriers were in th...
The US Navy has sent two aircraft carrier groups into the South China Sea for the first time since 2014 as China conducts exercises in the contested waters. The USS Nimitz and the USS Ronald Reagan were conducting dual carrier operations and exercises in the South China Sea to support a free...