USS Nimitz (CVN-68) made the trek down the West Coast as it sailed from Bremerton, Wash., to San Diego, Calif., over the ...

These aircraft are stored, launched, and recovered on a flight deck that covers ... ships that are just plain hard to kill. In 2005, the Navy selected the former carrier America to serve as ...

The aircraft bounced, hit hard on one wingtip ... and allowed for the U-2 to land within the limited space that the carrier deck allowed. And if the U-2 missed a cable, or needed to go-around ...

Flight deck operations on an aircraft carrier have been compared to a ballet ... "Being a blue shirt is hard work, but it makes you tough," said Airman Michael Lothrop, from Atlanta.

The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group departed Naval Base Kitsap Bremerton in Washington for a scheduled deployment to the Western ...

Amidst exploding ammunition, JFK’s Sea King helicopters evacuated dozens of injured crew. The frigate USS Pharris and destroyers USS Claude V. Ricketts and USS Bordelon joined a heroic firefighting ...

The Nimitz Class aircraft carrier continues to be the centerpiece of the forces necessary for operating forward. In times of crisis, the first question leaders ask in a crisis is: “Where are the ...

making it suitable for catapult launches and fly-in arrestments aboard naval aircraft carriers. Its wingtips fold to allow for more room on the deck on the carriers while deployed. The CV has the ...

In the yellow jerseys are aircraft handlers who are responsible for taxiing planes around the chaotic flight deck. Catapult and arresting gear officers and plane directors also wear yellow.