AN-1 would have carried eight fighter jets, had virtually unlimited range. During the 1950s, the advent of the atomic age forced the U.S. Navy to look at a number of alternate basing schemes for …
Navy Should Delay Next Carrier Amid Troubles, GAO Audit Says The gallery deck to flight deck bridge assembly is moved into place on the Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier in October 2012. The Navy estim…
The flight deck is certainly the most dangerous runway an aircraft could land or take off from. It is cramped with other aircraft, deck crew and equipment. The limited space and the constant m…
EBG6NYSM4VCJ Two detailed arguments on the end of the aircraft carrier emerged earlier this month. The first, which has already received notable attention in the naval blogosphere, comes from Capta…
Liaoning, is the first aircraft carrier commissioned into the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). Originally laid down as the Admiral Kuznetsov class multi-role aircraft carrier Riga for the So…