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 […] ...

The world's navies have been using aircraft carriers since 1918, but it wasn't until World War II that the powerful vessels came into their own. Before carriers, navies revolved around battleships, ...

The Philippine Navy said a Chinese aircraft carrier battle group had passed near its northern maritime boundaries in the run-up to a six-day maritime exercise with the U.S. that began on Thursday as ...

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier to remain in the Middle East for a second time, keeping it there another week so the U.S. can maintain ...

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

The commissioning of China's latest aircraft carrier this week marks a new chapter in its military modernisation effort but ...

China’s new Fujian aircraft carrier, unveiled recently by president Xi Jinping with great fanfare, has been hailed by Chinese ...