Essex-class carriers were vulnerable to kamikaze attacks. World War II naval aviators like Alfred Lerch cleared the skies.

The carrier Akagi led Japan’s strike on Pearl Harbor, her aircraft igniting the Pacific War. But just six months later, fate ...

China has recently commissioned its most advanced warship, the aircraft carrier CNS Fujian, which is considered to rival its ...

Japan new Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi has publicly called for Tokyo to consider acquiring nuclear powered submarines ...

North Korea denounced on Friday the recent visits of U.S. leadership and an aircraft carrier strike group to South Korea. U.S ...

Fujian’s immediate focus seems to be against rapidly militarising Japan, to delay a US intervention in a Taiwan contingency, ...

The new 316-meter warship will allow Beijing to keep at least one carrier at sea at all times, giving it more options to project air and naval power closer to its neighbors.

The author gratefully acknowledges assistance for this article from Darlene Dingman, who suggested the topic, and the ...

The Navy said USS George Washington’s visit to South Korea strengthened the US-South Korea alliance. But North Korea said it heightened tensions.

AA's jet of choice on this transpacific corridor, which it serves on a twice-daily basis, is the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.

North Korea criticized the deployment of the USS George Washington to Busan, claiming that it represented an “anti-North Korean military demonstration” and threatening retaliation.

The carrier joins the People’s Liberation Army Navy as Beijing is locked in territorial disputes in regional waters such as ...