The carrier has mostly been used for HADR missions, and debates about its utility have raged since it entered into service in 1997. Made in Spain and modeled after the light aircraft carrier Príncipe ...

China took a major step in realizing its regional and global military ambitions when it launched its third aircraft carrier since 2012. Commissioned during a November ceremony at the People's ...

The USS Gerald R. Ford nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was spotted on December 15 north of the Gulf of Venezuela in the Caribbean Sea, where it was deployed in November to support counter-narcotic ...

The U.S. claims 11 supercarriers—but nine more warships can launch jets, carry Marines, and fly F-35Bs. They’re amphibious assault ships, and they act like smaller carriers even though they’re counted ...

The United States has deployed four aircraft carriers on missions across the Indo-Pacific this year, helping the Pentagon project power and maintain naval supremacy. A U.S. Pacific Fleet spokesperson ...

A critical system failed as a fighter jet was landing on an aircraft carrier earlier this year. The $60 million F/A-18 fell off the deck of the USS Harry S. Truman and into the Red Sea. A new Navy ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. The United States Navy's only forward-deployed nuclear-powered ...

PLAN Aircraft carrier CNS Liaoning (16) and its strike group departed the Philippine Sea to enter the East China Sea on Dec. 12, 2025. Japan’s Joint Staff Office photo China’s Liaoning Carrier Strike ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. It was from Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, that ...

TOKYO, Dec 8 (Reuters) - A Chinese carrier strike group launched intense air operations near Japan over the weekend as the East Asian neighbours traded diplomatic barbs in an escalating dispute, ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The next Ford-class aircraft carrier is set to go to sea for the first time early next year and employee retention is improving, the president of HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding ...