WASHINGTON (AP) — A fighter jet and a helicopter based off the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz both crashed into the South China Sea within 30 minutes of each other, the Navy’s Pacific Fleet said. FDA ...

Key Points and Summary - China’s navy is adding aircraft carriers and learning quickly. But carriers are not just hulls and ...

The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier is leading a naval strike force being sent to the Caribbean, in the latest escalation of military firepower in the waters off South America. Chief Pentagon ...

Recent drills near Japan reflect China’s ambitions to extend its navy’s reach and exert greater influence, in the Pacific and beyond. By Chris Buckley Graphics by Marco Hernandez As China girds for a ...

President Xi Jinping on Wednesday attended the commissioning and flag-presenting ceremony of the Fujian, China's first aircraft carrier equipped with electromagnetic catapults.