As World War II neared its end, Japan found itself with ... including two aircraft carriers that were sunk. Therefore, Japan increased the kamikaze program. Primarily, kamikaze pilots flew one ...

The following day, Japanese forces lost one of the world's two biggest battleships, Musashi, to carrier planes of the U.S. Third Fleet ... Still, the crew of No. 2 aft gun turret fired off six more ...

World War II marked a significant push in military aircraft innovation, eschewing most of the biplanes from the previous war for new modern dogfighters.

Naval vessels are staffed by some of the most courageous people in uniform you’ll ever meet. This was doubly true ...

The decommissioned aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy embarked on ... who had served as a naval officer during World War II. After his motor torpedo boat was rammed and sunk by a Japanese destroyer ...

Okinawa, Japan, the next year. The U.S. built 24 Essex-class carriers during World War II (an average of one every two months ...

Ace in a day' is a rare distinction. Among the earliest American pilots to do so, Jim Swett was credited with seven victories ...

It would go down as one of the biggest carrier battles of World War II. Japan lost three aircraft carriers and more than 300 planes. On Saipan, the Marines and army faced an enemy well dug-in and ...

Admiral Nakhimov will be returned to service so that Moscow can lay claim to operating the largest non-aircraft carrier ...

In 2024, U.S. Navy aircraft carriers did what no other force in the world could. As Houthi rebels ... control-capability similar to the American E-2 series of aircraft, using helicopters instead.” ...

The ex-aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy began its final journey to the ... The name honored the president slain five years before, who had served as a naval officer during World War II. After his ...