Almost 50 years on from its commissioning date, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68 ... VFA-137) and one flying the two-seater F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-146).

NAPLES, Italy — Navy fighter jets recently intercepted a Russian spy plane flying near ... a Russian aircraft in the vicinity of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson while underway ...

The U.S. Navy once dreamed of airships serving as flying aircraft carriers, with the USS Akron and Macon leading the way. But after a series of deadly disasters, the vision collapsed.

Consider the largest of these hulking ships, America’s newest and most advanced aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R ... to the Super Hornet, the J-15 Flying Shark fighters, for many years—and ...

USS Nimitz (CVN-68) leaving San Diego Bay on March 26, 2025. Screen shot via San Diego Web Cam The Navy’s oldest aircraft carrier departed San Diego Bay on Wednesday for what is expected to be ...

The National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center is home to some of the titans of aviation history—think the ...

FORD — Two F-18 fighter jets roared above the USS Gerald R. Ford, flying past the aircraft carrier in the direction of a destroyer sitting on the horizon. Four other destroyers were also spread ...

NATO reporting name ‘May’, flying very close by the USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) at low level. The aircraft is accompanied by an F/A-18 Super Hornet and F-35C Lightning II, both from the carrier.

The colorful Sparrowhawk, nestled among balloon baskets and other artifacts, reminds us of an era when flying aircraft carriers ... starting with the USS Akron and USS Macon.

ordering two aircraft carriers to be there in April as the U.S. increases strikes on the Yemen-based Houthi rebels, the Associated Press reported. The AP said Hegseth ordered the USS Carl Vinson ...

The extension of USS Carl Vinson’s scheduled ... modifications to the U-2 to enhance the high-flying aircraft’s ability to land aboard a carrier. The British have focused on the wrong ...