Naval aviation training is changing for the strike fighter communities of the United States Navy. USN aviators have earned ...

When most people think about aircraft carriers, they think about modern day carriers with angled runways. However, that ...

Graduated pilots will now complete the carrier qualification during follow on training at their fleet replacement squadron, a ...

Whereas a land-based pilot can be expected to “grease” the runway, carrier landings demand that naval pilots make a controlled impact—essentially a crash aboard the deck.

Deployment of the autonomous tanker will free up Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornets from acting as ad hoc refuellers, increasing ...

Unlike the US Air Force’s XQ-58A Valkyrie, which requires long runways or aircraft carriers for take-off and landing, this new Chinese platform combines vertical lift ability with jet-powered ...

F-35B Lightning from HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier is second British stealth fighter to make emergency landing in a ...

Chinese aerospace engineers have unveiled what could be the world’s first high-speed vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) jet ...

On June 12, 1943, the F4U-1 Corsair fighter crashed into the lake near Waukegan during practice landings and takeoffs from the USS Wolverine. The pilot, Carl Harold Johnson, survived the crash but ...