An F/A-18 fighter jet launches from a catapult on the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), accelerating to top ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. China showed its newest aircraft carrier launching military aircraft with an electromagnetic catapult system. Among the aircraft ...

Not all aircraft carriers launch planes the same way. Some use steam or electromagnetic catapults to "fling" aircraft into the air. Others use a ski jump: a simple upward-curved ramp that lets jets ...

Few civilians are aware of all the interesting facts about aircraft carriers, but these conditions and customs are part of the everyday lives of service members out at sea. These massive vessels sail ...

China showed its newest aircraft carrier launching military aircraft with an electromagnetic catapult system. Among the aircraft launched was a new stealth fighter. It demonstrates China's ...