The U.S. Navy once bet big on airships, believing they could serve as flying aircraft carriers. The USS Akron and Macon were ...

The basis of Vakmistrov’s flying aircraft carriers would be the Tupolev TB-1 and later TB-3, the largest bombers of their time. Over a dozen configurations would be tested using various fighter ...

Aircraft folds up and automatically loads into the rear of the 'mothership' Mothership uses a range-extender powertrain claimed to give more than 620 miles of range Mothership is around 5.5m long ...

The decommissioned aircraft carrier formerly known as the USS John F. Kennedy has begun its final journey, departing from its long-held berth in South Philadelphia Thursday morning. Now, the retired U ...

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 ...

A long-serving aircraft carrier, one that started its life in Hampton Roads, is in its final days. The former USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) left Philadelphia Thursday for its final voyage.

The retired USS John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier will embark on its final voyage Thursday morning after spending nearly two decades docked in Philadelphia. The retired Navy carrier is set to ...

The former USS John F. Kennedy departed Philadelphia for its final voyage before being dismantled in Texas. After a weather-related delay, the aircraft carrier left the U.S. Navy’s Inactive ...

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.

The program includes replacing the SPY-1 radar with the SPY-6(v)4, as mentioned earlier, as well as replacing the AN/SPS-48 and AN/SPS-49 radars on Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers with ...

“Their legacies will endure through these aircraft carriers ... in” FY 2027. The USS Bush is not even mentioned yet for procurement. F/A-18E Super Hornets attached to Carrier Air Wing 7 ...

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 ...