From the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, aircraft carriers ... Instead, the bulk of a carrier's inventory is kept below the flight deck in the hangar bay.

Like the chef of a rival restaurant, China has been closely studying the ingredients that make up U.S. aircraft carriers—and ...

Beneath the surface, carriers have a wide ... designers were able to clear a full flight deck for aircraft. Simply widening the flight deck a few out on the opposite side contributes enough ...

The Fujian aircraft carrier may become the nation’s first-ever nuclear-powered surface vessel if commissioned.

During flight operations, an aircraft carrier's deck is an extremely dangerous place with expensive fighter jets and helicopters landing and taking off on a short runway. However, sailors and ...

Scattered over both surfaces are small templates representing aircraft, made to the same ... or in the hangar bay,” Spradlin says. A carrier flight deck is a dangerous place, with huge machines ...

Using a catapult aircraft can be launched carrying more fuel and weapons than aircraft launched from a ski-jump flight deck. Using a ski-jump deck, aircraft have to leave the carrier at full ... which ...

Rafale-M fighter jets are seen on the flight deck of the French aircraft carrier FS Charles de Gaulle ... anti-submarine and surface warfare operations, maritime patrol, and replenishment at ...

Sailors man the rails on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) in Puget Sound on March 21, 2025. US Navy Photo USS Nimitz (CVN-68) made the trek down the West Coast as it ...

Sailors look out from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier Nimitz in Puget Sound, Washington, on March 21, 2025, as they embark for San Deigo, and then onto their Indo-Pacific deployment.

This will likely be the last deployment for the USS Nimitz — the oldest active U.S. aircraft carrier — before its planned decommissioning in 2026 after 50 years of service. The strike group ...