E.S. Tasker, a U.S. Navy veteran and career law enforcement officer, brings powerful perspective to his memoir Men of ...

The USS Forrestal, one of the first post-WWII American supercarriers, symbolized a new era of naval dominance and global influence, with its massive size and cutting-edge capabilities serving as a ...

While operating with the USS Forrestal in the Mediterranean in 1981, two F-14 Tomcats from the Nimitz were engaged by two Su-22 Fitter fighters of the Libyan Air Force.

The film details the USS Forrestal, the first super carrier built by the Navy, which was completed in December 1954. Named after Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, the ship is notable for its ...

The last decommissioned Navy carrier towed from Philadelphia to be scrapped at Brownsville, the former USS Forrestal, which arrived at the port in 2014, was 14 days in transit. In December 2023 ...

Somewhere in the Mediterranean Sea, Apr. 16, 1970: The catapult deckedge operator signals as a C-1 Trader is readied for a catapult launch aboard the USS Forrestal.

The 57 th anniversary of the USS Forrestal fire, one of the worst in American naval history, is July 29, 2024. I volunteer at the National WWII Memorial on the National Mall some Saturday mornings ...

Behemoth aircraft carriers are built to last, but when its lifespan is over, these massive military ships often fall into two fates upon decommissioning.

While the USS Gerald R. Ford is the largest aircraft carrier on the open seas now, the USS Forrestal held that title from 1955 to 1961, when the first nuclear-powered carrier took to the seas.

Books have been written about the disaster aboard the USS Forrestal. It’s more complex and terrible than space here allows telling.

Summary: The Forrestal-class carriers, monumental in the evolution of U.S. naval aviation, were a response to the advent of carrier-based jet aircraft, necessitating larger decks and more fuel and ...

The USS Forrestal Fire, Explained: Aircraft carriers can be dangerous places to work. These ships are literally floating airports, and if proper safety measures aren’t carried out, things can ...