Landing on aircraft carriers has always been difficult with jets making it more difficult but computers also reducing the workload.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A landing system known as the MAGIC CARPET has led the Navy to remove carrier landings from the requirements for student pilots.

An F-35C has caught an arresting wire aboard a Ford-class aircraft carrier for the first time, proving that the Navy’s ...

The landing confirmed that the USS John F. Kennedy could recover an F-35C using its Advanced Arresting Gear, marking a key ...

The Navy has eliminated carrier landing qualifications as a requirement for student tactical jet pilots to earn their "Wings of Gold." Pilots will now complete their initial carrier landings at sea ...

Landing a jet on an aircraft carrier is one of the most daunting tasks in aviation. It has all the challenges of landing on a ...

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 ...

U.S. Navy pilots will practice carrier landings at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni due to ongoing volcanic activity on Iwo Jima, the usual field practice site, according to Japan’s Ministry of ...

The world’s most advanced stealth fighter jet recently made its first arrested landing aboard ...

Four sailors injured during unexplained ‘mishap’ onboard USS Dwight D Eisenhower aircraft carrier ...

Two U.S. Navy aviators ejected from an unspecified two-seat aircraft during a landing mishap aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower off the Virginia coast. Both aviators were safely recovered and are ...

On October 15, 2026, the Yaeyama Mainichi Shimbun published an article titled 'Chinese Aircraft Carrier Conducts Fighter ...