The footage shows a pilot ejecting as the £100m aircraft falls into the sea. A UK F-35 jet crashed soon after take-off earlier this month while the carrier was conducting flying operations in the ...

Unlike with conventional fixed-wing aircraft carrier operations, the TB3 does not use a tail-hook. The video shows it coming ...

The world of aircraft carriers faces two vexing problems: a shortage of planes and a shortage of the carriers themselves.

Japan's destroyer-turned-aircraft carrier recently concluded sea trials off California that put Lockheed's F-35B to the test.

Unlike its two sister variants, the F-35A and the F-35C, the F-35B can land vertically like a helicopter and take off in very short distances according to its manufacturer, Lockheed Martin, allowing ...

An F-35B fighter jet uses a runway sloped like a ski jump to take off quickly. On runways that are too short, these ski jumps help the plane get off the ground — or aircraft carrier. More from ...

Eagle, a formidable U.S. Air Force asset with unmatched air-to-air combat records, is unsuitable for aircraft carrier operations. Carrier operations require either ski-jump takeoffs or the CATOBAR ...