During WWII, the Soviet Union experimented with a radical concept—massive bombers carrying fighter planes deep into enemy territory. These "flying aircraft carriers" could launch swarms of fighters ...

The Admiral Kuznetsov was meant to be the pride of the Soviet navy, but the USSR went out of business soon after it was ...

Soviet engineer Robert Bartini envisioned a colossal Ekranoplan that could travel over the ocean at 600 km/h while carrying fighter jets. This ground-effect aircraft would operate just meters above ...

NAPLES, Italy — Navy fighter jets recently intercepted a Russian spy plane flying near an aircraft carrier ordered to the Middle East to support U.S. military strikes against Iranian-backed ...

A video purportedly shows a Russian military aircraft buzzing a United States aircraft carrier at low altitude as it was escorted by American fighter jets over the Western Pacific Ocean.

Authorities did not name the type of Russian aircraft, how many flew close to the coast nor what their purpose was. The Russian planes remained in international airspace, but reportedly crossed ...

The most important vessels owned by many navies, aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships, are some of the most ...

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara told reporters that the Russian Il-38 plane breached Japan ... The Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning, accompanied by two destroyers, sailed between ...