US aircraft carriers are some of the most impressive and complex vessels in the world, designed for power projection and ...

The environment you find on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier is constantly monitored. The organized chaos of launches, recoveries and taxi takes place in a totally unforgiving environment ...

Aboard US Navy aircraft carriers, a tight-knit group of men and women keep flight operations going. Aviation boatswain's mates (handling) are responsible for handling and maneuvering aircraft and ...

A U.S. Navy supercarrier’s 5,500-plus person crew exists to do one thing: to consistently put aircraft into the air and safely recover them after they launch. In order to make this happen, there ...

Sailors signal the catapult launch during a boot shoot on the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Nicholas Burgains ...

New aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) completed its Flight Deck Certification (FDC) and Carrier Air Traffic Control Center (CATCC) Certification on March 20, following two days of ...

They also handle the carrier's aircraft elevators — high-speed hydraulic platforms that move planes from the hangar where they're stored, to the flight deck for takeoff.

Unfortunately, even events that are completely out of the flight deck crew's control put them at risk. An EA-6B Prowler crashed on the USS Nimitz (CVN-68) in 1981, the oldest aircraft carrier ...

The USS Gerald R. Ford, the Navy's most advanced aircraft carrier is now on its first deployment, five years after it was commissioned into service and 15 years after its naming.

Designed as a “beefier battle carrier” with an armored flight deck, the Midway-class carriers including the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt and USS Coral Sea, initially aimed to carry 130 aircraft.