Russia currently has one aircraft carrier and it's out of service for repairs. The Admiral Kuznetsov was launched in 1985 and may reenter service at the end of 2024 or into 2025. Despite Russia's ...

While Ely's model proved that launching an aircraft ... While the British may have been the pioneers of the modern aircraft carrier flight deck, the U.S. Navy can be credited with addressing ...

See the ex-USS John F. Kennedy, the Navy's last conventionally powered aircraft carrier, which was in a class of its own.

China's most advanced but yet-to-be-commissioned aircraft carrier, CNS Fujian ... there are several mock-ups visible on deck. A close-up photo of the flight deck showed tire marks on it, said ...

In the yellow jerseys are aircraft handlers who are responsible for taxiing planes around the chaotic flight deck. Catapult and arresting gear officers and plane directors also wear yellow.

Flight deck operations on an aircraft carrier have been compared to a ballet. Anyone who is afforded the opportunity to observe flight deck operations on an aircraft carrier will instantly notice ...

Although technically not called an "aircraft carrier," the Maritime Self-Defense ... to allow fighter jets to take off and land on its flight deck. The Kaga departed from the MSDF Kure Base ...

(Photo by Murat Kula/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) The Anadolu is a landing helicopter dock rather than a full-fledged aircraft carrier ... of its “unique flight deck layout.” ...

The air-defense loadout, the name for which was made official in Navy documentation, consists of four AIM-9X and five AIM-120 ...