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.
3 Of The Worst Combat Aircraft Flown During The Korean War
The Korean War featured the first jets the U.S. military flew in combat, but not everything was new and shiny. Some aircraft ...
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Divers’ discovery of World War II plane crash leads to ID of US soldier, officials say
A 2019 discovery by Danish divers found the wreck in the depth of the Baltic Sea, leading excavators to later pull evidence ...
5 Fighter Jets Used In The Vietnam War
American aircraft played a huge role in the Vietnam War, and high on the list were the nation's fighter jets. Here are five ...
China Has Developed ‘Powerful Weapons’ to Destroy U.S. Aircraft Carriers. The Effects Could Be Devastating.
We spoke to experts about the worst threats to America’s aircraft carriers—and how the Navy could defend its floating ...
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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 ...
What we know about U.S. military's anti-DEI purge of WWII Enola Gay aircraft photos
In March 2025, following U.S. President Donald Trump's orders to remove all diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives from ...
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Nazi Germany Once Tried to Build an Aircraft Carrier. It Didn’t End Well.
Unlike the Japanese carrier fleet, the Kriegsmarine envisioned using the Graf Zeppelin in a support capacity for the wider ...
Chinese naval modernization may be aided by foreign firms, report says
The striking growth of China’s shipbuilding industry — commercial and military — poses national security concerns for the ...
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The Philippine Mars took its final flight. See photos of the flying-boat aircraft from WWII to its last 800-mile journey.
The Navy's largest World War II-era aircraft The Mars flying boats were the world's largest operational seaplanes and the Navy's largest WWII-era aircraft. It measured nearly 120 feet in length ...
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WAVES of change: The legacy of women who took the Navy by storm, broke barriers during World War II
As more and more men in the U.S. Navy deployed overseas during World War II, someone needed to fill traditionally ...
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In 1945, eighty years ago, no one knew how World War II would end
Eighty years ago, during World War II, the United States operated full-scale military operations worldwide while planning how ...