New US aircraft carrier performs first aircraft launch and recovery with EMALS, AAGThe US Navy (USN) used its General Atomics-built Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) and...Anika TorruellaJane's Defence Weekly
The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman was involved in a collision with the merchant vessel Besiktas-M on the night of 13 February.
-a u.s. navy aircraft carrier collided with a merchant vessel near egypt, the u.s. military said on thursday, though the nuclear-powered carrier was stable and there were no injuries. the united states military currently has 11 aircraft carriers and any damage requi...
The 750-metric-ton forward section of the main deck includes the machinery spaces located over the ship’s forward diesel generators. Also installed was the first piece of the aircraft carrier flight deck, which includes command and control, pilot ready rooms and additional support spaces, a jet...
TheUnited States militarycurrently has 11 aircraft carriers, and any damage requiring one of them to be sidelined could strain the Navy. In a statement, the US Navy said the carrier Harry Truman collided with the Besiktas-M late Wednesday night while operating near Port Said in Egypt. ...
Switch tonew thesaurus Noun1. aircraft carrier- a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings attack aircraft carrier,flattop,carrier arrester,arrester hook- a restraint that slows airplanes as they land on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier ...
(redirected fromUS aircraft carrier) Dictionary Thesaurus [′er‚kraft ′kar·ē·ər] (naval architecture) A ship that carries aircraft, has a takeoff and landing deck, and is otherwise designed and equipped to serve as a base of operations for the aircraft. Also known as carrier. ...
[01:55.96]It is the first new class of aircraft carrier in more than 45 years. [02:02.68]The lead ship of the Nimitz-class carriers, the USS Nimitz, [02:07.36]is expected to be retired in the coming months. ...
The aircraft carrier pulls into Naval Station Norfolk for the first time in April 2017. It will soon be upstaged; the next Ford class ship, the John F. Kennedy, is due in 2020. 70 of 74MC2(SW) Andrew J Sneeringer/U.S. Navy ...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A U.S. aircraft carrier arrived in South Korea on Sunday in a show of force, days after North Korea test-launched cruise missiles to demonstrate its counterattack capabilities.