Aircraft carriers are the backbone of navies across the globe, but not all of them are created equal. These five are the ...

Yokosuka has been home to a continuous U.S. Navy carrier presence since 1973, beginning with the USS Midway. The George Washington was the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to be stationed in ...

The United States aircraft carrier Constellation ... marketing director of the USS Midway Museum. “It came to embody the entire Vietnam Conflict, much of the Cold War, and the earliest days ...

The USS Abraham Lincoln, the flagship of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, returned to San Diego on Dec. 20 after ...

The USS Midway is the longest-serving American aircraft carrier of the 20th century, having played host to more than 200,000 sailors over the course of its 47 years of service. This historical ...

The U.S. sent one of its 11 aircraft carriers to the Philippine Sea, while another was at Yokosuka naval base in Japan.

Japanese aircraft carrier Shoho is hit by a torpedo from ... But that is exactly what happened on June 4, 1942 during the Battle of Midway. The USS Enterprise, USS Yorktown, and the USS Hornet ...

SAN DIEGO — The USS Midway hosted family members of Pearl Harbor survivors. There was a two bell ceremony to honor the fallen on December 7, 1941. The tolling of the bells symbolizes remembrance ...

The 78-year-old aircraft was lifted onto the USS Midway on Wednesday and officially became viewable to the public on Friday. The F4U-4 Corsair was flown by both the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps ...

China sent all of its operational aircraft carriers to sea, while a U.S. "flattop" remained in the Philippine Sea.