Most aircraft carriers are still fitted with steam catapults, but military chiefs are ready for a technological shift By ASIA TIMES STAFF China will use one or more electromagnetic catapults for … More »
By: Ben Werner An MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the “Blue Hawks” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 78 participates in a change of command ceremony near the Nimitz-class aircraft … More »
By: Ben Werner Then Rear Adm. DeWolfe Miller III, former commander of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 2, in a flight brief aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) in … More »
French navy Rafale Marine aircraft from the aircraft carrier FS Charles De Gaulle (R91) fly in formation above the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) … More »
An F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter taxies to be refueled on the flight deck of amphibious assault ship Wasp (LHD-1) during night operations, a part of Operational Testing 1, … More »
Work on the vessel, which will use a hi-tech launch system, began at a Shanghai shipyard last year but it is not known when it will be completed China started … More »
The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group, including the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2, the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) and the … More »
By: Megan Eckstein A C-2A Greyhound assigned to the Rawhides of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron (VRC) 40 launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN … More »