B Lighting II pilot details efforts to develop a formal landing signal officer (LSO) school to help service members land the ...

The latest aviation strategy from the US Marine Corps calls for half of the service's vertical/short take-off and landing ...

Thailand's Chakri Naruebet, the world’s smallest carrier, struggles with limited aircraft capacity, especially since the retirement of its Harrier fleet. -Finally, Italy’s Giuseppe Garibaldi ...

During Operation Iraqi Freedom, two LHDs served as “Harrier carriers,” launching an air group of AV-8B attack aircraft against targets inside Iraq. In 2004, LHAs and LHDs were used to ...

Despite damaging a delivery van on the cargo ship, the Sea Harrier was salvaged and returned to service, while the ship's ...

Spain is the latest nation to look at introducing carrier-based drones, which it plans to integrate on its sole aircraft ...

In the early 1980s, the Reagan Administration was looking to fund high visibility defense programs. Reagan had been elected on a platform of rebuilding the armed services after the “hollowing..

Axing the Harrier and Ark Royal means no planes will be able to fly from British aircraft carriers until 2019. Mr Cameron opened his Commons' statement by denying the review was simply a “cost ...

During the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, amphibious assault ships sailed with up to 20 AV-8B Harriers, becoming "Harrier Carriers." This concept has been rebranded as the "Lightning Carrier," a ...