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US vs. Chinese replenishment ships: The workhorses that keep aircraft carriers operating
China is relatively new to replenishment ships and tends to build new vessels. The US Navy has 100 …
Benjamin Brimelow
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Extreme makeover, US Navy edition: See the new apartment-like digs on US aircraft carriers
But that may be changing. Some of the spaces on these floating cities are getting decked out with c…
Gidget Fuentes
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International airlines are all-in on fancy first-class seats, even as US carriers focus only on business for long-haul flights
First class is largely filled with corporate customers, but many deep-pocket individuals are willin…
Taylor Rains
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The US Navy's Eisenhower carrier strike group racked up over 100 drone and missile kills battling the Houthis
The Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group spent months engaged in Red Sea combat operations aga…
Jake Epstein
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US Navy aviators killed in stateside Growler fighter jet crash flew combat strike missions off a carrier in the Red Sea fight
They were among only a few women to fly combat missions over land, the Navy's Carrier Strike Group …
Jake Epstein
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A US F-35 stealth fighter just landed on a destroyer Japan turned into an aircraft carrier for the first time off the California coast
Photos show a US F-35B operating on Japan's newly converted destroyer-turned-aircraft carrier off t…
Chris Panella
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China's new aircraft carrier is being tested at sea for the first time, but US carriers 'remain in an echelon of their own,' expert says
China launched the first sea trial of its most advanced aircraft carrier, but it still falls short …
Thibault Spirlet
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A US Navy aircraft carrier has left the Middle East, ending a rare show of force
Aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt was sent to the Middle East in June to take over the Navy's…
Jake Epstein
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The US Navy has two carrier strike groups and a massive amount of combat power in the Middle East
The Pentagon has directed the USS Theodore Roosevelt and USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike groups …
Jake Epstein
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The US Navy is on its fourth aircraft carrier as its warships react to fighting in the Middle East
USS Abraham Lincoln is on its way as the US Navy continues to react to a range of crises in the Mid…
Jake Epstein
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A US Navy carrier strike group fired $1.16 billion in weapons battling the Houthis in the Red Sea
The Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group spent months in a high-tempo operating environment fi…
Jake Epstein
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The US Navy has no aircraft carriers deployed in Pacific as Middle East conflicts pull the Pentagon's focus from China
The US faces a carrier gap in the Pacific, where tensions continue to rise amid aggressive actions …
Chris Panella
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US forces are going to help Japan get its destroyer-turned-aircraft carrier ready to fly F-35 stealth fighters
The operational tests for F-35B stealth fighters comes after Japan recently finished modification w…
Chris Panella
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How the US Navy tried and failed — to sink carrier USS America for weeks
In June, Nimitz-class carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower left the Middle East after spending months f…
Lauren Frias
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Every kind of F-35 has now seen combat after a carrier-based stealth fighter struck the Houthis
A US defense official told Business Insider that the F-35C made its first operational combat flight…
Jake Epstein
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China's navy flexed new muscles in the South China Sea with its first dual aircraft carrier drills
Photos show its Liaoning and Shandong aircraft carriers carrying out dual operations for the first …
Chris Panella
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Iran and Turkey are betting on drone aircraft carriers to project power
Drone-carrying ships, like those Iran and Turkey are building, are a gamble on the rising power of …
Paul Iddon
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Nuclear-powered aircraft carriers would give China's growing navy new reach, and researchers say it's working on the reactor to power one
A nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, like American carriers, would be a major jump for China, giving…
Chris Panella
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US vs. Chinese aircraft carriers: How the world's top flattops stack up
The US Navy's carrier fleet is superior to the Chinese, though China's new Fujian aircraft carrier …
Benjamin Brimelow
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A US Navy fighter squadron scored a series of firsts fighting the Houthis from an aircraft carrier in the Red Sea
Strike Fighter Squadron 105 was stationed aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and racked up a number of…