The two Chinese carriers currently in the western Pacific employ the older “ski-jump” launch method for aircraft, with a ramp ...

Japan is converting two helicopter carriers into its first aircraft carriers since World War II, which will be deployed with the F-35B jets.

On June 19, 1944, Iowa helped create the “Great Marianas Turkey Shoot” – history’s most one-sided carrier battle. As Japanese aircraft attacked in waves from carriers Taiho, Shokaku and Zuikaku, ...

The Japanese carrier striking force remained north of Rabaul ... Yorktown's aircraft sighted the Japanese at 10.32 am. As the American aircraft approached, the two carriers separated, with Zuikaku ...

the carrier Hornet, faced the Japanese carriers Shokaku and Zuikaku and light carriers Zuiho and Junyo off the Santa Cruz Islands. As U.S. forces headed toward the Japanese fleet, U.S. aircraft ...

(Marine Corps) Japanese records shed some light on the identity of Swett’s victims. Fifteen D3As from aircraft carrier Junyo ... Tulagi was the target of Zuikaku’s 17 dive bombers and ...