Japan is significantly bolstering its naval power projection capabilities by converting its two Izumo-class helicopter ...

While Concordes operated by British Airways and Air France became the airplane of choice for trans-Atlantic travel – albeit ...

With the tragic accident of Air India Flight 171 at Ahmedabad on June 12, 2025, the focus has fallen on safety and ...

As the world marks the 75th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War, the upcoming July fly-in will commemorate the ...

India's struggle with indigenous aircraft engines highlights the need for comprehensive reforms to achieve aerospace autonomy ...

The WWII-era Essex-class aircraft carriers were a pivotal development that served as a historic bridge to the modern carrier ...

Located aboard the historic Naval Air Station (NAS) in Pensacola, Florida, the National Naval Aviation Museum is the largest naval aviation museum in the world. Established in 1962 and opened in 1963, ...

The inclusion of electromagnetic catapults, a feature previously reserved for China’s conventional carriers (and also found on the United States’ Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier class), makes ...

In the leadup to World War II, many navies around the world found themselves in desperate need of aircraft carriers. Building them from scratch is a lengthy and costly undertaking, so it was ...

By: Brandon J. Weichert What You Need to Know: The USS Wasp (CV-7), shaped by the limitations of the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty, is often cited as the worst aircraft carrier of WWII.

While most carriers used during WWII were fairly conventional in design, there was one that defied all understanding of what an aircraft carrier should look like, be made of, and used for.

Once wartime industrial production hit its stride by January 1944, the Navy reached its zenith in August 1945 with a fleet of 99 aircraft carriers (28 fleet carriers and 71 escort carriers).11 The ...