“ By the afternoon, only one Japanese carrier remained: Hiryū. It’s believed Best’s bomb was one of four to strike the vessel, making him the first pilot to successfully bomb two Japanese aircraft ...

The USS Enterprise (CV-6), an aircraft carrier, was the most decorated American naval vessel to fight in World War II and ...

The test flight took place in the same Mojave Desert area in California where Charles "Chuck" Yeager first broke the sound ...

Six months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, they launched another assault with plans to occupy Midway Atoll and … ...

Midway on June 4, 1942 was a decisive battle of the Pacific War. Lt. Richard Best is in Squadron Six(VB-6) of the USS Enterprise Air flying an SBD Dauntless bomber. The Americans are going up ...

The J-35 is still under development, so if the J-XX is a follow-on carrier fighter, production may be some years off. If the aircraft is an early-stage technology demonstrator, that might explain some ...

The ex-USS John F. Kennedy, a decommissioned U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, will travel down the Delaware Bay Thursday on its way to Texas for dismantling. The ship left the Navy Yard in Philadelphia ...

After a weather-related delay, the aircraft carrier left the U.S. Navy’s Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility in South Philadelphia on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, around 10 a.m. to start its trip to ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The decommissioned aircraft carrier, formerly named after President John F. Kennedy, has begun its journey as it heads south from the Philadelphia Navy Yard to the scrapyard.

Share The SPY-6 is the latest shipborne radar developed and manufactured by RTX, and deliveries have already begun for installation on the U.S. Navy’s newest Aegis destroyers and nuclear-powered ...

“Their legacies will endure through these aircraft carriers, which serve as formidable platforms dedicated to safeguarding our national security and strengthening our resolve to protect this ...

South Philadelphia is slated to be down one very large ship starting Thursday morning. No, not that one. The decommissioned aircraft carrier formerly known as the USS John F. Kennedy is scheduled to ...