The angled runway, which is only 300 feet long, is typically used for landing, and allows for simultaneous takeoff and landing operations on the flight deck.

Whether in calm seas and sunshine or on a deck pitching in a storm at night, the skill to make a carrier landing, or trap, is at the heart of Naval aviation. But in a major change to how the service ...

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What happens to a jet when it loses its engine? It becomes a rock.” The blunt aphorism recalled by retired U.S. Navy Naval Flight Officer Josh Bennet sums up one of the most decisive factors in a ...

"Erin's expanding wind field will result in rough ocean conditions over much of the western Atlantic," the NHC said, saying it would grow larger than its current tropical storm-force winds ...

The Meteorological Department warns of heavy rain across Thailand on Saturday, with flash flood risks in six provinces and rough seas in the Andaman and Gulf.

A Chinese destroyer shadowed an American sea drone "very closely" for 20 minutes in waters near Guam.

Unlike the US Air Force’s XQ-58A Valkyrie, which requires long runways or aircraft carriers for take-off and landing, this ...

Chinese aerospace engineers claimed to have developed the world’s first high-speed, vertical takeoff and landing drone powered by a jet engine. This platform could launch from almost any warship and ...

The USS Carl Vinson returns to San Diego Aug. 14, 2025, from a nine-month combat deployment to the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by MC2Lordin Kelly) From Lt.j.g. Jack Scypinski, Carrier Strike ...

Crosswind landings are common in aviation, but under certain conditions they can be very dangerous. This week, Typhoon Podul passed through the Republic of China (Taiwan) leaving strong winds and ...

A Royal Navy F-35B has made the first landing of a UK-operated stealth fighter on a Japanese vessel during a major trilateral carrier exercise in the Western Pacific.