U.S. aircraft carriers survive storms that can destroy smaller warships because of size, sealed compartments, procedures, and disciplined crews. Emergency flight operations, damage control, and storm ...

Understanding why US aircraft carriers go completely dark at sea reveals a complex interplay of physics, advanced technology, and strategic thinking that has evolved over decades of naval combat ...

“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.

The C-2A Greyhound conducted its last ever catapult launch from a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, ending its 60-year Carrier On-board Delivery mission. The U.S. Navy’s C-2A Greyhound has flown off an ...