The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II was the most mass-produced supersonic fighter jet ever flown in the history of the ...

In late December 2025, the U.S. Navy announced plans to pursue a new class of large surface combatants described as Trump-class battleships, marking the first time in decades the service has publicly ...

The USS Midway Museum in San Diego is once again transforming its historic flight deck into a winter wonderland, bringing back its popular “Jingle Jets” nighttime holiday tour for a third consecutive ...

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SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The USS Midway Museum commemorated the 84th anniversary of Pearl Harbor by holding a remembrance ceremony on Saturday aboard the flight deck of the decommissioned vessel. The ...

More than 80 years after the attack on Naval Station Pearl Harbor — the catalyst for the United States’ entrance into World War II — veterans, families and community members are still honoring the ...

An image of the exterior damage to the USS Harry S. Truman after it crashed into the merchant vessel Besiktas-M on Feb. 12, 2025, while operating in the vicinity of Port Said, Egypt. (MC1 Cody ...

There was no tradition of saving retired warships throughout the 18th or early 19th centuries. That changed due to a movement not in the United States, but in the United Kingdom. By the early 1830s, ...

The U.S. Navy commissioned the 19th and final Independence-class littoral combat ship today. The USS Pierre officially entered service, at a time when the Navy is looking to scrap or repurpose ...

The USS Wichita has left Naval Station Mayport in Florida to begin a deployment at the southern border, according to a service news release. Wichita will replace the USS St. Louis, which returned ...

The USS Gerald R. Ford, seen here transiting the Strait of Gibraltar on Oct. 1, 2025, for a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations, entered the U.S. SOUTHCOM area of ...

It's hard to understate just how much the aircraft carrier has changed the face of naval warfare, as well as global geopolitical power itself since the beginning of the Second World War. Throughout ...