Aircraft carriers have been in use since Britain's HMS Furious sailed in 1917, and over more than a century a wide range of aircraft have taken off and landed on them. While fighter jets make up a ...

Landing a fighter jet on an aircraft carrier is borderline surgical. The deck space is tight, typically only about 500 feet long, which is nowhere near enough for a jet going 150 mph to stop by brakes ...

Aircraft carriers are capable of launching and recovering jets in some of the most challenging environments on Earth. But the one thing that doesn't seem to make a whole lot of sense to outsiders: why ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. China commissioned its third aircraft carrier, the Fujian, advancing its position as the world’s second-largest ...