A massive aircraft carrier made of ice and wood pulp—yes, it was real. This is the story of Project Habakkuk, WWII’s ...

Researchers exploring the underwater wreck of an American aircraft carrier have discovered what's left of a wood-panelled ...

Finding aircraft actively involved in the pivotal battle of World War II in the Pacific was the most important discovery in ...

Banned from flying in the U.S., these 25 American women headed to Britain to help ferry military aircraft—and fascinated the ...

It wasn’t built to dominate the skies, but it did. Behind the modest design of this unassuming aircraft lies a lethal ...

A vintage WW2-era aircraft operated by the Commemorative Air Force has flown from the US to the UK for a series of VE Day ...

A former US World War II-era warship, which survived two of the Pacific War’s most important battles, was supposed to be used in a live-fire exercise off the western coast of the Philippines as part ...

The A7M Reppu (Strong Gale) was conceived to succeed the legendary A6M Zero, but it never entered service. Reports from Japan ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier to remain in the Middle East for a second ...

Not all aircraft carriers launch planes the same way. Some use steam or electromagnetic catapults to "fling" aircraft into the air. Others use a ski jump: a simple upward-curved ramp that lets ...

During World War II, the Japanese Imperial Navy managed to take down U.S. carriers in the Pacific with bombers. This includes the USS Hornet back in 1942 – the last time a US aircraft carrier ...

Three miles down, cameras glimpsed the shattered interior of the USS Yorktown, sunk in the Pacific Ocean in the 1942 Battle ...