China's naval capabilities have been expanding in recent years, but its newest aircraft carrier lags behind U.S. counterparts ...

For decades, landing a jet on a moving aircraft carrier was considered one of the most difficult tasks in aviation, requiring ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An F/A-18 lands on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman.US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd ...

The acquisition of the Italian-made Giuseppe Garibaldi makes Indonesia the second Southeast Asian country after Thailand to ...

The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and three accompanying warships have arrived in the Middle East. U.S.

It remains unclear if the vessel will shift the regional balance of power or end up mostly idle at its base. Read more at ...

Landing a plane on a small flight deck is far harder than on a large runway—and requires a much larger support crew.

Indonesia is embarking on a plan to make toll roads across the country into emergency runways for its fighter jets, giving it the equivalent of multiple aircraft carriers across the vast archipelago.

With the high risk and complexity of carrier aircraft recovery, reasonable landing scheduling that accounts for special situations is critical to enhancing operational safety and efficiency. To that ...