A modern carrier’s biggest innovation is not always the catapult. Sometimes it is the traffic pattern. The Gerald R. Ford ...
The USS Gerald R. Ford’s support of Middle East operations likely is showcasing and testing its cutting-edge technology and ...
Why does a medium-sized French carrier still matter in a world dominated by American supercarriers? The answer is not scale alone. The Charles de Gaulle remains one of the clearest examples of how a ...
When aircraft are parked on the hangar deck inside the aircraft carrier, their wings are folded tightly, which reduces the aircraft’s footprint by as much as half. This is why modern fighters like the ...
A tour of the unsung vehicles that keep a United States Navy ship running: spotting dollies, tow tractors, “Tilly” cranes, forklifts, P-25 fire trucks, RHIBs, LCAC hovercraft, AAVs, and SEAL Delivery ...
Sometimes called "controlled chaos," the flight deck of an aircraft carrier is known as the most dangerous place to work in the military. Movies like "Top Gun" and "Behind Enemy Lines" perpetuate the ...
China's naval capabilities have been expanding in recent years, but its newest aircraft carrier lags behind U.S. counterparts in some important ways.