Landing a jet on an aircraft carrier isn’t just intense it’s graded with precision. Discover how naval pilots are scored on every landing and what separates a perfect touchdown from a dangerous one.

which allows new pilots to train on land bases for the entire approach and landing maneuver as performed on the aircraft carrier, just short of the arrested landing. With the new requirement ...

The PLA’s Shandong aircraft carrier is believed to have taken an alternative route to the east of Taiwan ahead of a drill last week, according to a mainland Chinese analyst and Taiwanese media ...

Back in 2020, the Barents Observer, a publication specializing in Russian military news, identified two competing programs as being the keys to understanding post-Soviet Russian aircraft carrier ...

The US Navy's next aircraft carrier is almost finished but faces challenges with its elevators, among other technology. The advanced weapons elevators were previously an issue on the first-in ...

The carrier-based U-2 concept was workable, but it never gained much momentum. This article is the second in a two-part series on “Operation Whale Tail,” the CIA’s ambitious project to ...

The Nimitz did see F-35Cs land on its deck during trials, and in fact saw the type’s first ever arrested landing on board an aircraft carrier. Nimitz, however, has not deployed with the F-35C ...

To work, this would require the purchase of additional B model F-35s used by the US Marine Corps featuring a STOVL (Short Take Off and Vertical Landing ... for a huge aircraft carrier steam ...

New carriers will have up to four aircraft types Land-based aviation units have been transferred to the Chinese Air Force That changed on May 10, 2013, when China’s Navy activated the 1st ...

Ryan Chan is a Newsweek reporter based in Hong Kong, where he previously had over a decade of experience at a local newspaper, covering China and current events around the world. His focus is on ...

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels claimed on Monday to have twice attacked an American aircraft carrier group within 24 hours, calling it retaliation for deadly US strikes. The Houthis initially ...