they direct and manage all aircraft movement on the carrier, be it on the flight deck or in the hangar. Unlike most other crew roles, sailors with yellow uniforms don't just work on deck.

In addition to the J-15 family of fighter aircraft, the Chinese navy has tested the nation's next-generation fighter jet for ...

Air crew, maintenance personnel, “everybody that works on the flight deck is constantly in and ... been around since World War II, when the aircraft carrier came into its own as a warship ...

Both aircraft feature terrain-following and ... features an integrated glass flight deck which improves crew coordination and reduces the crew complement by two. The MC-130E Combat Talon first ...

It's hard to imagine now in our globalized world, but many of the young American soldiers who headed onto massive ships like ...

From the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, aircraft carriers ... Instead, the bulk of a carrier's inventory is kept below the flight deck in the hangar bay.

Almost 50 years on from its commissioning date, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) departed Naval Base ...

The ship is operated by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/IRGC NAVY. The only aircraft carried are two helicopters and 100 or more drones. The carrier has a curved ski jump deck to aid in ...

The 100th anniversary of the first time an aircraft touched down on the deck ... carriers. He died days later attempting a repeat. A plaque to mark the landing - which relied on crew members ...

History was made on the flight deck that day ... the USS Lexington is the first aircraft carrier in the Navy that had women serving aboard as part of the crew,” Banta said.