Chinese officers have long threatened to sink U.S. aircraft carriers, banking on DF-21D/DF-26 and DF-17 “carrier-killer” ...

Aircraft carriers are formidable vessels in terms of raw size, defense, and entourage. American aircraft carriers are notoriously hard to sink, but on some occasions, the militaries of the world ...

The sight of President Donald Trump on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush was a great reminder that no one fears U.S. aircraft carriers more than China. Trump flew onto the ...

A projected two-year delay in bringing the Navy’s newest aircraft carrier to the fleet will eventually leave the service with just 10 carriers for nearly a year, according to Navy budget documents.

Whereas a land-based pilot can be expected to “grease” the runway, carrier landings demand that naval pilots make a controlled impact—essentially a crash aboard the deck. Landing on an aircraft ...