Most people working on the deck of an aircraft carrier aren't about to walk off the edge, but it does happen. Still, the most dangerous aspect of flight operations is dealing with the aircraft ...

An aircraft carrier is one of the most imposing modes to transport you can imagine. It literally towers over you. Here's how much it towers over you and why.

Designed as a “beefier battle carrier” with an armored flight deck, the Midway-class carriers including the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt and USS Coral Sea, initially aimed to carry 130 aircraft.

Cmdr. Dennis Metz, the mini-boss aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, prepares for a boot shoot on the flight deck. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Bill M ...

Most of the 70 aircraft on the carrier are on the flight deck. The rest of the planes are below in an area known as the "hangar bay," where maintenance is performed. Different jobs ...

The USS Gerald R. Ford, the Navy's most advanced aircraft carrier is now on its first deployment, five years after it was commissioned into service and 15 years after its naming.

Watch a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier catapult cars — well, sort-of cars — off its flight deck By Stephen Williams Feb 27, 2024 10:43 AM EST Start the Conversation ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — For the past few weeks, 10 On Your Side has been taking you inside the U.S. Navy in our series “On Deck: The Navy Experience.” We’ve visited guided missile c… ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – The ability to launch and recover aircrafts while sailing in the middle of the ocean, called flight ops, is one of the hallmarks of the Navy’s aircraft carriers. 10 on ...

File photo of an F/A-18F Super Hornet on the flight deck of aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class E. T. Miller/Released) ...

Flight operations are dangerous anywhere in the world, but an aircraft carrier is very different from a small airport in the middle of nowhere. The ship itself is typically moving under its own ...

I t's rare that you're ever looking down at the flight deck of an aircraft carrier, unless you're standing on one or a pilot landing. The rest of us are usually staring up at awe at the carrier's ...