Every time a fighter jet thunders off the deck of a U.S. aircraft carrier, something remarkable happens — and most people never see it. Beneath the controlled chaos of a flight deck, buried inside the ...

Few civilians are aware of all the interesting facts about aircraft carriers, but these conditions and customs are part of the everyday lives of service members out at sea. These massive vessels sail ...

“Ski-jump” carriers are smaller and weaker than catapult-equipped ones—but as recent events involving the president show, catapults are far from a silver bullet for effective carrier operations.

Despite an August order for the U.S. Navy to return to steam catapults on its newest carriers, the service appears to be ...

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