Long considered the "Holy Grail" of WWII U.S. naval aircraft recoveries, a Douglas TBD Devastator torpedo bomber may soon be ...

Unit insignia of U.S. Navy Air and Test Evaluation Squadron 9, based out of China Lake, California, was recently spotted on ...

Although “aircraft carriers” come in many sizes and shapes, the largest and most advanced supercarriers all fit a ...

Diving deeper into the last true 'pilot's fighter jet' of naval aviation.

The US Navy has recovered two aircraft that crashed into the South China Sea in October while flying off the USS Nimitz, the service said in a statement Tuesday. An unmanned system on a contracted ...

The US Navy (USN) is funding research into a new science project that at first glance sounds almost alchemical: turning seawater into jet fuel. That may seem like science fiction, but the Pentagon’s ...

Textron Aviation Defense LLC, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, launched a nationwide tour this week to showcase the Beechcraft M-346N as a “ready-now” total solution for the U.S. Navy Undergraduate ...

Volume I. Chronology. A few pioneers -- Test of strength -- The Roaring Twenties -- The Great Depression -- The Cold War -- The Korean War -- The new Navy -- On the brink -- Defeat and decline -- The ...

Naval aviation took off on San Diego’s North Island in 1911 with the help of pioneer aircraft manufacturer Glenn Curtiss.

The first aeronautic detachment -- Progress report : September 1917-March 1918 -- Under the gun : NAS Dunkirk 1917-1918 -- The French coastal unit -- Progress report : March-September 1918 -- Spinning ...

Ensign Kendall Hill, from Beaumont, Texas, speaks with sailors from the Japan Coast Guard during a tour aboard the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73), while ...