Miller was a World War II hero of the surprise ... funding of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers who was also a longtime segregationist and opponent of the US Navy's racial integration.

Two new aircraft carriers will be named after Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, continuing the Navy convention of naming them ...

The 707-300-derived airplane is a command and control aircraft ... That's why the US is planning to replace it, and this week it decided on what to replace it with. The US Navy is the one that ...

Bursting into prominence during World War II, the aircraft carrier is a staple of US strategy – and the most recognizable type of boat in the fleet. The aircraft carrier confers prestige ...

Involved in nearly every crisis since World War II, aircraft carriers have been called ... their missions would be impossible ...

See the ex-USS John F. Kennedy, the Navy's last conventionally powered aircraft carrier, which was in a class of its own.