USS Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group arrives in Southern Command area of operations near Venezuela as part of the Trump administration’s campaign against drug cartels.

By Steven Wills, Defense Opinion Writer. Whenever Department of Defense funds are in short supply, U.S. Army officers want to target the aircraft carrier force for cutbacks. This is not […]

U.S. Navy aircraft launch and land aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) in the Persian Gulf during exercise Intrepid Sentinel on January 15, 2019. Intrepid Sentinel brings together the John C.

North Korea's defence minister No Kwang Chol threatened on Saturday to take "more offensive action" as he condemned U.S. security talks with Seoul and the arrival of a U.S. aircraft carrier in South Korea.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. military is sending an aircraft carrier to the waters off South America, the Pentagon announced Friday, in the latest escalation of military firepower in a region where the Trump administration has unleashed more rapid strikes in ...

China’s largest and most advanced aircraft carrier has entered service, Chinese state media said, in a major step for the world’s largest navy.

The Fujian, China’s most advanced carrier, went into official service this week. It brings the country closer to challenging U.S. naval dominance.

The commissioning of China's latest aircraft carrier this week marks a new chapter in its military modernisation effort but security analysts and regional diplomats say tough challenges lie ahead before it can be made fully operational.