they direct and manage all aircraft movement on the carrier, be it on the flight deck or in the hangar. Unlike most other crew roles, sailors with yellow uniforms don't just work on deck.

With a thunderous bang, a Navy F/A-18 slammed onto the deck of the USS Carl Vinson on Feb. 16, snagging a steel wire with its ...

It was seen as marking the dawn of aviation from aircraft carriers. He died days later attempting a repeat. A plaque to mark the landing - which relied on crew members to grab the plane's wings to ...

During flight operations, an aircraft carrier's deck is an extremely dangerous place with expensive fighter jets and helicopters landing and taking off on a short runway. However, sailors and ...

Ford-class carrier, which costs about $13 billion, though the latter possesses more advanced capabilities and carries more than 60 aircraft. "One day, you can have F-35Bs on the flight deck ...