WASHINGTON (AP) — A fighter jet and a helicopter based off the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz both crashed into the South China Sea within 30 minutes of each other, the Navy’s Pacific Fleet said. The ...
This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. Out of all American World War 2 naval vessels, the USS ...
This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. Aircraft carriers have been central to the U.S. Navy, and ...
Submarines have been around since the 17th century, and while we know much about modern nuclear subs, the older boats are less well known. This is especially true of those used during World War I, as ...
Lt. Ralph Cornelius DuPont, an F6F-5 Hellcat pilot assigned to Fighting Squadron 18 aboard the USS Intrepid, went Missing In Action Oct. 12, 1944, during World War II's Battle of Formosa. DuPont was ...
Concorde, the first and only supersonic commercial jetliner, operated from 1976 to 2003. Flown by royals, celebrities, and executives, it was discontinued because of high operating costs. A Concorde ...
Key Points and Summary - Commissioned in August 1943, the Essex-class carrier USS Intrepid fought across the Pacific, surviving a torpedo at Truk and multiple kamikaze strikes while launching raids ...
Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...
(AP) — When longtime friends David Paine and Jay Winuk set out to encourage people to take part in volunteer and service projects on the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, their goal was ...
Just off Pier 86 in Manhattan, New York City, lies the USS Intrepid, a famous WWII-era aircraft carrier. The Intrepid began her storied military career in 1943, being sent to capture the Marshall ...
NEW YORK (PIX11) — History was alive and well Tuesday on board the USS Intrepid as told by 99-year-old Arthur Grabiner, a US Naval Veteran. On the 80 th anniversary of the official ending of World War ...