Welcome back to The Daily Navy, as we explore how aircraft carriers handle over 1,000 flight operations every week without ...

Landing a plane on a small flight deck is far harder than on a large runway—and requires a much larger support crew. Aircraft carrier flight decks are arguably the most complex operational environment ...

If you've ever seen a movie like "Top Gun," where fighter jets take off and land on an aircraft carrier, you likely noticed all the personnel on the flight deck directing things. They often make large ...

The MQ-25 Stingray resumed testing with its second flight, in anticipation of the expansion of the flight envelope and ...

Sometimes called "controlled chaos," the flight deck of an aircraft carrier is known as the most dangerous place to work in the military. Movies like "Top Gun" and "Behind Enemy Lines" perpetuate the ...

Russia’s carrier-based Ka-52K and Ka-29 helicopters demonstrate coordinated flight operations and live-fire exercises from the deck of the Admiral Kuznetsov. The footage highlights takeoffs, ...

Satellite imagery showing CV 18 Fujian at Jiangnan Changxingdao Shipyard in Shanghai. Markings on the deck are indicative of fixed-wing aircraft activity during sea ...

The modern aircraft carrier is a vessel unlike anything that's ever sailed the seas. From their advanced nuclear power plants to their massive crews and wide-ranging combat capabilities, there are a ...

CENTCOM released new video of U.S. sailors conducting nighttime flight operations aboard the USS George H.W. Bush as the ...