The legendary Soviet warship Minsk [Минск] has lived many lives. Once a powerful Kiev-class aircraft carrier cruiser of the ...

Key Points and Summary - India's purchase of a Russian aircraft carrier is detailed as a "monumental blunder." -In 2004, India acquired the mothballed Soviet-era carrier Admiral Gorshkov, with Russia ...

China’s newest aircraft carrier may only be able to conduct air operations at about 60% the rate of a 50-year-old US Navy ...

When the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, it unknowingly altered the future of the aircraft carrier. While carriers were seen as support ships up to that point, some ...

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 ...

The Indonesian Navy is now getting closer to acquiring its first aircraft carrier with the purchase of the aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi, which was decommissioned by Italy in 2024. While there ...

In a 2005 SINKEX, the U.S. Navy subjected the decommissioned aircraft carrier USS America (CV-66) to four weeks of “brutal ...

The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford, billed by the US Navy as “the most capable, adaptable, and lethal combat platform in the world,” is being sent to the Caribbean as the Trump administration ...

While the US Navy’s 10 Nimitz-class supercarriers have earned their reputation as true forces of power projection, the service’s newest carrier class is considered to be even more capable. Currently, ...

The USS Nimitz’ upcoming retirement will leave the United States short an aircraft carrier until the new USS John F. Kennedy replaces it—now scheduled for 2027.

Aircraft carrier at Sea with aircraft onboard - U.S. Navy/Wikimedia Commons At 1,106 feet long and over 100,000 long tons, the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is the most advanced in ...

At 1,106 feet long and over 100,000 long tons, the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is the most advanced in the world and serves as both a warship and a mobile air base. Packed with ...