The aircraft carriers in the U.S. Navy are huge vessels, equivalent of a roaming city at sea. More than that, they're mobile airfields. They carry aircraft, as the name suggests, and personnel ...

In modern times, the aircraft carrier is one of the most important pieces of military equipment that a nation can field. While naval vessels have always played a key role in establishing power and ...

The biggest of these — and to date the biggest aircraft to ever land and take off from a carrier — is the C-130 Hercules, which stands at 97 feet long, and 132 feet wide in wingspan.

A J-15 fighter jet lands on the flight deck on the Chinese aircraft carrier CNS Liaoning during a drill in the South China Sea on April 8, 2021.

US fighter jet rolls off aircraft carrier, sinks into ocean, Navy says. One minor injury was reported in the extraordinary mishap. By Anne Flaherty. April 28, 2025, 4:36 PM. 2:00.

Another aircraft carrier, USS Harry S. Truman, was deployed to the North Sea in Northern Europe on Monday, raising concerns about the U.S. military presence in the Middle East.