Few things demonstrate the marvel of human engineering like a modern aircraft carrier. Measuring over 1,000 feet long and standing 250 feet above the water, the USS Gerald R. Ford, the U.S. Navy ...

USS Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group conducted its final training exercise recently in the Atlantic Ocean, preparing for a ...

The 100th anniversary of the first time an aircraft touched ... came down on the deck of the Furious at too steep an angle. Dunning was knocked unconscious, his plane went over the side of the ...

To further assist the U-2 in landing, the carrier would be positioned into the wind, providing up to 30 knots of wind-over-deck into the nose of the landing aircraft. The result was a landing ...

and wing “spoilers,” which canceled aerodynamic lift when the aircraft was above the carrier deck. The updated U-2 was designated the U-2G, marked with N-series civilian serial numbers ...