How the Intrepid Moved a World War II Fighter Plane
The 33-foot Corsair, on loan from Florida, had to be “rigged up on skates” to get to the Intrepid’s hangar deck.
This Navy admiral just bagged his 1,000th landing on an aircraft carrier
With a thunderous bang, a Navy F/A-18 slammed onto the deck of the USS Carl Vinson on Feb. 16, snagging a steel wire with its ...
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How a ‘Dauntless’ dive bomber became a WWII ace at Coral Sea
Navy pilot John Leppla was credited with shooting down five Japanese aircraft in aerial combat before he was shot down and ...
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Another Asian Nation Could Join the Aircraft Carrier Club
The ever-growing presence of Chinese aircraft carriers in the South China Sea has led to other regional powers desiring their ...
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In 2026 USS Nimitz will move to Norfolk, start decommissioning
The time to say goodbye to the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier forever is getting closer — both for Washingtonians and the rest of the nation. In approximately a year the Navy's oldest active ...
Navy’s Ford-class aircraft carrier may come to Bremerton as early as 2029
The Navy has released an environmental assessment draft for its proposal to homeport the Ford-class aircraft carrier at Naval ...
Navy proposes to bring next-gen aircraft carrier to NBK-Bremerton
The USS JFK is proposed to replace the USS Nimitz which is currently homeported at NBK-Bremerton and is scheduled to be ...
US aircraft carrier arrives in South Korea after North Korea test-fired missiles
A U.S. aircraft carrier has arrived in South Korea in a show of force, days after North Korea test-launched cruise missiles ...
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How a ‘Dauntless’ dive bomber became a WWII ace at Coral Sea
Pilot John Leppla, right, was a WWII Navy ace, credited with shooting ... (U.S. Navy/National Archives) When one thinks of U.S. Navy aircraft carrier operations in the months leading up to the ...