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Old footage shows Royal Navy Phantom fighter jets conducting trials aboard HMS Eagle aircraft carrier
The Eagle was chosen to test the then-new supersonic Phantom, which was already armed with subsonic De Havilland Sea Vixen all-weather fighters and Blackburn...
The story of how a U.S. Navy F9F Panther scored the first true air-to-air victory in a jet-vs-jet battle
When Lt. Cdr. Amen downed Grachev's MiG-15, he made aviation history because he was the first pilot to win an all-jet dogfight.
For both sides...
The worst aircraft carriers
The most complex navy vessels at sea, possibly except for submarines, are aircraft carriers. Carriers must operate a fleet of planes securely in addition...
These massive ships were able to carry large numbers of aircraft and launch them into battle.
During World War II, the United States had an advantage over its opponents because it built aircraft carriers so large that they were able...
The Doolittle Raiders and the first U.S. airstrike on the Japanese Home Islands
The Doolittle Raid forced the Japanese to recall combat forces for home defense even though it only caused small damage, and it made Japanese...