Ace pilot George Chamberlain Duncan took off from the USS Midway aircraft carrier in the summer of 1951 as he typically did.

Midway on June 4, 1942 was a decisive battle of the Pacific War. Lt. Richard Best is in Squadron Six(VB-6) of the USS Enterprise Air flying an SBD Dauntless bomber. The Americans are going up against ...

beginning with the USS Midway. The George Washington was the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to be stationed in Yokosuka when it first arrived 16 years ago. The carrier replacement ...

U.S. Yorktown Class Arguably the most successful class of warship ever built, and certainly one of the most decorated, the Yorktowns were the model for all future U.S. carrier designs. Relatively ...

the U.S. crushed the Imperial Japanese Navy off Midway Island (about 1,300 miles northwest of Honolulu), sinking four of its aircraft carriers. “Midway” referred to the small atoll roughly ...

The USS Midway is the longest-serving American aircraft carrier of the 20th century, having played host to more than 200,000 sailors over the course of its 47 years of service. This historical ...

But 4 June 1942 would see the tide turn, with three US Navy (USN) aircraft carriers waiting in ambush for the IJN near a tiny atoll whose name would become immortalized in history: Midway.

While the Midway aircraft carrier museum doesn’t ordinarily display replicas, “we had no qualms about displaying this one,” says Walt Loftus, the museum’s airwing director. He adds ...

The USS Nimitz aircraft carrier passed by Seattle for what ... which is a line halfway between Midway and Japan. Her crew includes about 3,000 sailors, and her air wing adds another 2,000 personnel.

Avelo has flown summer seasonal flights between Tweed-New Haven Airport (HVN), its largest U.S. East Coast base, and MDW for ...