Two new aircraft carriers are being named after Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, continuing the Navy convention of naming ...

During the Second World War, aircraft carriers were king when it came to naval power. Marrying the concept of heavy firepower with the likes of a contingent of aircraft gave naval vessels a fair ...

See the ex-USS John F. Kennedy, the Navy's last conventionally powered aircraft carrier, which was in a class of its own.

A United States Navy F-35C Lightning II stealth ... undergoing conversion into the country's first aircraft carrier since World War II, remained pierside at Kure naval base in Hiroshima prefecture ...

President Biden announced the names of new Navy aircraft carriers: USS William J. Clinton and USS George W. Bush, which will ...

Since 1945 aircraft carriers have proved that they have an unrivaled ability to deliver massive firepower against the enemy at the same time as possessing the traditional flexibility of a navel ...

Bush will serve as lasting tributes to each leader's legacy in service of the United States,” he said. The Navy currently has 11 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, according to the Associated Press.

The United States has a long tradition of naming some of its aircraft carriers -- massive warships that are crewed by thousands of sailors and carry dozens of planes -- after former presidents.

A United States aircraft carrier returned to the South China Sea this week, following a five-day visit to Malaysia, while a Chinese "flattop" conducted a new round of sea trials. USS Carl Vinson ...