As this reporter argued in an article in The National Interest published on January 23, 2025, the U.S. Navy’s Douglas SBD ...

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

Meet the Midway-Class Aircraft Carrier: As the U.S. Navy tangled with the Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific during the Second World War, the era of carrier dominance was truly ...

And on their flight decks the four carriers were recovering the aircraft returning from the Midway strike. Meanwhile, Spruance s TF 16 airstrikes had lifted off at about 7:00 a.m., 116 fighters, dive ...

Robbins and his crew called the plan “Operation Pinwheel” because of the circular motion the planes would create when pushing the massive carrier in its desired direction.

Midway on June 4, 1942 was a decisive battle ... Best and his SBD Dauntless will take part in the sinking of 2 of the 4 Japanese carriers lost in the battle. The Akagi went down as a result ...

U.S. Yorktown Class Arguably the most successful class of warship ever built, and certainly one of the most decorated, the Yorktowns were the model for all future U.S. carrier designs. Relatively ...

A United States Navy F-35C Lightning II stealth fighter jet lands on the flight deck of aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson while underway in the South China Sea on January 8, 2025. The U.S. Navy ...

Analysts with RAND Corp. say it is time for the US Navy to field drone aircraft carriers. These drone carriers disperse combat power at less expense and with less crew. A fleet of drone carriers could ...