Yet that is just what they did. Japanese aircraft launched from six aircraft carriers managed to destroy or damage 328 U.S. aircraft and 19 U.S. Navy ships, including eight battleships.

More than 40 aircraft were known to have been hit, according to the Security source, including TU-95 and Tu-22M3 strategic bombers and one of Russia’s few remaining A-50 surveillance planes.

The Houthis claimed to have attacked the U.S. aircraft carrier — the vessel is stationed in the Red Sea — in December and January, and the Yemeni Houthi Armed Forces said in a statement posted ...

A U.S. aircraft carrier arrived in South Korea on Sunday in a show of force, days after North Korea test-launched cruise missiles to demonstrate its counterattack capabilities.

It did not help that two $67 million F/A-18 Super Hornets from America’s flagship aircraft carrier tasked with conducting strikes against the Houthis accidentally tumbled off the carrier into ...

On June 10, Japanese Defense Minister Nakatani Gen said at a press conference that the Liaoning, the first aircraft carrier of China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), was spotted for the ...

A Chinese J-15 carrier-based fighter flew unusually close to a Japanese P-3C patrol aircraft twice over the weekend, Japan's Ministry of Defense said June 11, 2025. (Japan’s Ministry of Defense) ...

Chinese jet fighters tailed Japanese patrol aircraft in separate incidents, with the gap narrowing to just 150 feet at one point, officials from Japan said Thursday, disclosing new details about ...

The Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning, seen here in the Western Pacific on April 18, 2018, was spotted operating in Japan's exclusive economic zone for the first time on June 7, 2025.

Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning in the Philippine Sea. JSDF Photo The People’s Liberation Army Navy Liaoning Carrier Strike Group is operating southeast of Iwo Jima for the first time in one ...

A Chinese J-15 fighter jet flies alongside a Japanese P-3C patrol aircraft over the Pacific Ocean on June 8, 2025. Japanese Defense Ministry In the first incident, which occurred between 10:30 a.m ...

Two Chinese aircraft carrier strike groups have simultaneously deployed to the Western Pacific – a first for the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), Japanese officials said on Tuesday ...