The U.S. and Israel have launched "Operation Epic Fury," a large-scale air campaign against Iran, deploying the largest concentration of American firepower in the region in a generation, involving a ...

A worldwide shortage of aircraft mechanics is causing delays, cancellations and leading to a push to teach more people how to fix planes. At Cincinnati State Technical and Community College in Ohio, ...

Washington has built up its biggest military presence in the Middle East in decades as it pushes Iran for concessions on its nuclear programme. The world's largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R ...

The United States has dispatched fighter jets after multiple Russian military aircraft were observed operating in international airspace near Alaska, according to the North American Aerospace Defense ...

Measuring about 1,106 feet in length and displacing around 100,000 long tons when fully loaded, the nuclear-powered carrier is driven by two A1B reactors, giving it near-unlimited range and speeds of ...

Newark Liberty International Airport reopened Wednesday evening after an aircraft emergency caused a ground stop, according to The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. A plane had to be ...

Charlie D'Agata is CBS News' senior national security correspondent. He was previously a senior foreign correspondent and has spent more than two decades covering international news for CBS. The USS ...

The U.S. is sending the world’s largest aircraft carrier to the Middle East, joining the USS Abraham Lincoln and its strike group already positioned in the U.S. Central Command (Centcom) area, as ...

The Pentagon is sending a second aircraft carrier group – the USS Gerald Ford – to the Middle East, according to a senior administration official and three sources familiar with the matter, a move ...

A US fighter jet has shot down an Iranian drone that was flying "aggressively" towards an aircraft carrier, the US military has said. The incident in the Arabian Sea comes as Washington prepares for ...

A Chinese research vessel has been operating in Middle Eastern waters close to a US aircraft carrier, according to ship-tracking data, at a time of heightened American military presence near Iran.

With Luanniao, China is promoting a giant space aircraft carrier as a new superweapon. Is it a vision for war in space — or science fiction? The flying aircraft carrier is larger than any warship in ...