US Navy sailors used to be able to jump off of aircraft carrier flight decks. They could even climb up the anchor chains and jump off the anchor ... all in the name of FUN! But FUN and SAFETY needs to ...

The flight deck of an aircraft carriers is one of the most dangerous places to work, and you will know why, because number of things that can go wrong, is #NotWhatYouThink ...

There's disagreement over which country has technically built the first drone carrier — much like the debate over who built the first aircraft carrier in the early 20 th century.

The U.S. Navy’s Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group entered the South China Sea on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Chinese reconnaissance ...

“During field carrier landing practice (FCLP), pilots perform repetitive “touch and go” landings at airfields, which simulate landing on an aircraft carrier. FCLP is required flight training ...

Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Aircraft Handling) 1st Class Christopher Settle, center, from Columbus, Indiana, assigned to air department’s flight deck crash and salvage division, demonstrates ...

After flight 171’s fatal crash linked to fuel control switches, the carrier inspected its Boeing 787 and 737 fleets, with a ...

U.S. aircraft carrier USS Nimitz left the South China Sea on Monday morning heading west, according to data from ship tracking website Marine Traffic, after a reception for its planned port call ...

But what makes an aircraft carrier useful is its air wing. The USS Nimitz’s air wing, Carrier Air Wing 17 (CVW-17), operates several different fighter jets and support aircraft.

Japan this week confirmed that two Chinese aircraft carriers have operated together for the first time in the Pacific, fueling Tokyo's concern about Beijing's rapidly expanding military activity ...

Based on recorded flight movements from ADS-B data, combined with AWIN’s robust fleet intelligence, users gain insight into the aircraft’s actual versus reported movement, down to the tail number.