NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Being an F-18 pilot takes hours of training and practice. After pilots have made a specific score on landing and taking off during the day, the lights turn off, and the ...

China’s newest aircraft carrier may only be able to conduct air operations at about 60% the rate of a 50-year-old US Navy carrier, two former US carrier officers say, a substantial combat limitation ...

A landing system known as the MAGIC CARPET has led the Navy to remove carrier landings from the requirements for student pilots. They now learn the skill later in training on combat aircraft. Naval ...

Whereas a land-based pilot can be expected to “grease” the runway, carrier landings demand that naval pilots make a controlled impact—essentially a crash aboard the deck. Landing on an aircraft ...

-The aircraft was fundamentally too heavy, its landing gear was not designed to withstand the violent forces of a carrier landing, and its delta-wing design was optimized for high-speed flight, not ...

Landing a fighter jet on an aircraft carrier is borderline surgical. The deck space is tight, typically only about 500 feet long, which is nowhere near enough for a jet going 150 mph to stop by brakes ...

COUPEVILLE — There will be field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Complex for the week. There will be landing practice at the Outlying ...

Truman (CVN 75) completed a ten-day underway Sept. 26, qualifying 45 aviators and leading allied and partner ships in a group ...