With an ear-splitting roar, a Marine F-35B fighter jet bolted off the deck of an aircraft carrier west of San Diego ... diplomatic issue that led U.S. and Japanese military leaders to deliver ...

These changes have given the Kaga the appearance of an aircraft carrier. However, the Japanese government has been careful to avoid calling its modified Izumo-class destroyers aircraft carriers ...

“This is yet another 'edge ball' played by the Japanese government... China can only respond to 'Izumo', this light aircraft carrier dressed as an 'escort vessel', by developing a real aircraft ...

What You Need to Know: The USS Bismarck Sea was the last U.S. aircraft carrier lost in battle, sunk by a dual Japanese kamikaze attack during the Battle of Iwo Jima on February 21, 1945.

The 806-foot-long aircraft carrier, nicknamed the "Fighting Lady," played a huge role in the United States' Pacific campaign during World War II before it was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine ...