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Today we're looking at the A5M, the aircraft that modernised the air force of the Imperial Japanese Navy and paved the way ...
The aircraft carrier, now just over one hundred years old, is one of the most resilient weapons of the modern era. More than ...
The third step is to get past the aircraft carrier's air defenses, which the U.S. Navy is confident will hold most attackers ...
Three miles down, cameras glimpsed the shattered interior of the USS Yorktown, sunk in the Pacific Ocean in the 1942 Battle ...
The A7M Reppu (Strong Gale) was conceived to succeed the legendary A6M Zero, but it never entered service. Reports from Japan ...
Now, NOAA researchers want the public’s help to identify the vehicle inside the remains of the USS Yorktown. The discovery ...
Thursday, May 8, marked the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. The war reshaped Europe and the world from ...
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How an Aircraft Carrier’s Air Wing Works
An aircraft carrier airwing’s mainstay will always be its fighter jets, through which the carrier battle group can project force and take the fight to an adversary.
“Records show that in the chaos of battle, Yorktown recovered two Enterprise aircraft that had been badly damaged in an attack on the Imperial Japanese Navy carrier Kaga. These refugee aircraft ...