It's hard to imagine now in our globalized world, but many of the young American soldiers who headed onto massive ships like ...

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The Navy made significant modifications to the U-2 to enhance the high-flying aircraft’s ability to land aboard a carrier. This article is the first in a two-part series on “Operation Whale ...

Today we’ll find out how a World War II fighter-bomber was squeezed into an exhibition space on the former aircraft ... gave the plane a new paint job to honor Alfred Lerch, a Navy pilot who ...

The lead ship in the Columbia class of nuclear submarines is facing delivery delays of up to 18 months, and “critical path ...

Five weeks after taking his wedding vows, Navy ... this World War II plane." The Corsair, assembled in Connecticut and Ohio, was among dozens of planes that took off and landed on the aircraft ...

The moment you walk onto the hangar deck of the Intrepid Museum, there it is — a newly restored World War II FG-1D ... Intrepid, an aircraft carrier that served in the U.S. Navy from 1943 ...

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With the arrival of the USS Ronald Reagan in Bremerton in 2024, the city now hosts two Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. The Navy plans to move the USS Nimitz to Norfolk ...

You can get in touch with John by emailing [email protected] One U.S. Navy aircraft carrier ... conversion into Japan's first aircraft carrier since World War II, remained in Kure, a city ...

Comparisons between now and the 1930s are rife these days. There’s economic anxiety and global instability. There’s a threat of war. There’s hesitant rearmament here in Britain.