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58 years, 2 navies, one war: A short history of one of the world's longest-serving aircraft carriers
For 58 years, HMS Hermes and later INS Viraat sailed all over the world in the service of two navies
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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A high-seas chase in the South Atlantic 40 years ago almost ended with the first aircraft carrier sunk in combat since World War II
In spring 1982, Royal Navy ships steamed south to recapture the Falkland Islands from Argentina, an…
Benjamin Brimelow
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One of the 20th century's least-known major wars still has lessons for militaries 40 years later
Decades after the Falklands War, militaries are still learning from what was the first major conven…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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A 1982 war in the remote South Atlantic almost sparked the first aircraft-carrier clash since World War II
In spring 1982, a task force of over British 100 ships sailed to war in the South Atlantic, and the…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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The British navy still celebrates a famous World War II aircraft carrier that gave Hitler fits
For two years, HMS Ark Royal defied German attempts to sink it. In November 1941, its luck finally …
Benjamin Brimelow
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The short, historic life of the US Navy's first aircraft carrier
Aircraft carrier was only one of three different missions that USS Langley had before it was sunk i…
Benjamin Brimelow
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The elite SAS went back to their World War II roots on a daring 1980s mission to protect the British fleet
"Pebble Island presented us with an opportunity to test our combat mettle. It was a basic but brill…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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Japan is converting its 2 biggest warships into aircraft carriers, and US Marines are helping it train to use them
This month, US Marine Corps F-35Bs became the first fixed-wing aircraft to operate on a Japanese ai…