Aircraft carriers are capable of launching and recovering jets in some of the most challenging environments on Earth. But the one thing that doesn't seem to make a whole lot of sense to outsiders: why ...

The planes on board the American aircraft carriers are some of the most potent weapons available to the U.S. Navy. They're also quite expensive — for example, just one unit of the F/A-18 Super Hornet ...

An F/A-18 Super Hornet sits on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush deployed in the Persian Golf, ...

ARABIAN GULF (March 23, 2017) The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) conducts flight operations in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. George H.W. Bush is deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet ...

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 critical system failed as a Super Hornet fighter jet was landing on USS Harry S. Truman. The jet slid off the deck into the ...

The U.S.S Gerald R. Ford is the world's most advanced military vessel, and boasts technological innovations including the ...

USS George Washington (CVN-73) returned to her home port of Yokosuka while USS Abraham Lincoln is now in Guam.

These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout ...