The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan has begun a maintenance stint that will keep it from deployment for 17 ...

Despite their immense size and distinctive asymmetrical superstructure, U.S. Navy aircraft carriers are meticulously designed ...

In addition to the J-15 family of fighter aircraft, the Chinese navy has tested the nation's next-generation fighter jet for ...

How useful, how necessary and how vulnerable are US aircraft carriers is a debate which has been going on for decades now. The conversation went up a notch or two during the 1981 Falkland Islands War ...

A hook may seem like a strange component on a fighter jet, but it has a widely important job to keep pilots safe while landing on aircraft carriers.

Nimitz spent 12 years at Naval Station Norfolk until 1987, when it relocated to what is now Naval Base Kitsap, Washington.

When Alyssa Myatt’s husband served on an aircraft carrier last year, she and other U.S. Navy spouses had to follow strict ...

The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz goes through Rich Passage on an early foggy morning March 21 after leaving Bremerton with its ...

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

A in 2014 it was clear the capability was relatively mature, and it kicked off a debate about whether to operate them from ...

Almost 50 years on from its commissioning date, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) departed Naval Base ...

The EA-18G Growler is one of the most advanced electronic attack jets ever made, but its story starts decades ago with the EA ...