Naval aviators believe they are the best pilots on earth — just ask them — and the primary reason they cite is hard to argue with: they land on aircraft carriers. Whether in calm seas and sunshine or ...

A MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft, assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (HX-21), conducts touch-and-go flight ...

China’s latest and most capable aircraft carrier has officially entered service, a significant step forward for Beijing as it ...

Landing a fighter jet on an aircraft carrier is borderline surgical. The deck space is tight, typically only about 500 feet long, which is nowhere near enough for a jet going 150 mph to stop by brakes ...

An F/A-18F Super Hornet uses MAGIC CARPET technology while performing a touch-and-go on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier George Washington on June 24, 2021. The technology reduces the burden on ...

China’s newest aircraft carrier, the Fujian, has officially entered service, making it the third in the country’s fleet. This ...

For most mere mortals, the act of landing a fighter jet on an aircraft carrier is beyond comprehension. Experienced pilots count it among the most difficult maneuvers to perform. Even if we look at ...

Inside the audacious plan to convert a C-130 Hercules into a rocket-assisted Super STOL aircraft capable of landing in a ...

Whereas a land-based pilot can be expected to “grease” the runway, carrier landings demand that naval pilots make a controlled impact—essentially a crash aboard the deck. Landing on an aircraft ...

The Navy made aviation history Nov. 3 as an F-35C Lightning II carrier variant Joint Strike Fighter conducted its first arrested landing aboard an aircraft carrier off the coast of San Diego. Navy ...

Three years after its launch, the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) commissioned the domestically produced 80,000-ton ...