In 1971, a Grumman S-2E Tracker launched from the aircraft carrier USS Ticonderoga during an operation that produced extraordinary footage. As the aircraft accelerated along the flight deck and ...

In January 1941, German and Italian aircraft launched repeated attacks against Malta in an attempt to destroy the heavily ...

“Ski-jump” carriers are smaller and weaker than catapult-equipped ones—but as recent events involving the president show, catapults are far from a silver bullet for effective carrier operations.