USS Enterprise (CVN-65) was the world’s first nuclear-powered carrier and a U.S. Navy icon. Commissioned in 1961, the “Big E” tracked John Glenn’s Friendship 7, enforced the Cuban Missile Crisis ...

When it comes to huge bombardments from naval vessels, some might think more of enormous battleships, but the United States doesn't field battleships anymore. Carriers have, in a sense, taken their ...

During the convoy mission Operation Excess, the British carrier HMS Illustrious was targeted by a massive swarm of Axis dive ...

When nuclear energy is mentioned, most people think about nuclear power plants, but did you know that nuclear technology fuels some of the most advanced ships in the world? Nuclear energy plays a ...

America has no shortage of military museums spread across the country, but having one inside of a retired aircraft carrier is a special kind of cool.

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A key component of military operations since the Second World War, aircraft carriers remain an indispensable tool of warfare and diplomacy for the countries that have them. Aircraft carriers are not ...

A U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet of the USS Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group prepares for aerial refueling on Feb. 1. (SSgt. Jackson Manske/U.S. Air Force) The U.S. Navy’s Carrier Air Wing 1 ...

Had the Aquila been completed, it could have bolstered Italy’s Mediterranean operations by providing fleet air defense and strike capabilities. Not wanting to be viewed as the ‘sick man’ of the Axis ...

Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; The Bird Farm; The Aircraft; Attack On Taranto; Infamy; Turkey Shoot; Divine Wind; Keep 'Em Flying; Korean Air War; Learning ...

When aircraft are parked on the hangar deck inside the aircraft carrier, their wings are folded tightly, which reduces the aircraft’s footprint by as much as half. This is why modern fighters like the ...