May 8th, 1972. As President Nixon addressed the nation, U.S. aircraft from USS Coral Sea dropped thousands of massive Mark 52 and Mark 36 mines into Haiphong Harbor. The operation, code-named Pocket ...

It's hard to understate just how much the aircraft carrier has changed the face of naval warfare, as well as global geopolitical power itself since the beginning of the Second World War. Throughout ...

The author gratefully acknowledges assistance for this article from Darlene Dingman, who suggested the topic, and the ...

For example, he said, when he was leaving the ship, he was told the Valley Forge was leaving Vietnam for Australia and officers urged him to re-up for the duration of the cruise. He declined, and ...

Two navy aircraft from the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier crashed just 30 minutes apart into the South China sea over the weekend – but all five crew members from both craft were mercifully rescued ...

Two U.S. Navy aircraft from the USS Nimitz — a Sea Hawk helicopter and an F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet — crashed during separate "routine operations" over the South China Sea on Sunday, with all ...

Coral Sea ended in a tactical victory for the Japanese, seeing the sinking of Lexington, but a strategic win for the ...

An F/A-18F Super Hornet and an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) crashed in the South China Sea on Sunday in two separate incidents in the Pacific, USNI News ...

A helicopter team based in San Diego crashed in the South China Sea on Sunday while operating from the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, according to the Navy. Related Articles Letters: Turning Point ...

SEA Games 33 will take place from December 9 to December 20, 2025, across three host cities in Thailand: Bangkok, Chonburi, and Songkhla. This is Thailand’s first time hosting the Games in 18 years.

A Bremerton-based aircraft carrier lost two aircraft while operating at South China Sea on Sunday, the Navy said. On Oct. 26, at approximately 2:45 p.m. local time, a U.S. Navy MH-60R Sea Hawk ...