Summary and Key Points: The Midway-class aircraft carriers, named after the iconic Battle of Midway, consisted of three ships ...

While America's massive fleet of aircraft carriers is difficult to sink, they are sadly not unsinkable. The title of this article refers to Midway Atoll as an "Unsinkable Aircraft Carrier," but as ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Midway: Sink the Japanese Aircraft Carriers This is a Battle of Midway simulation game. You need to fly a dive bomber, dodge Japanese anti-aircraft fire ...

the Yorktowns were the model for all future U.S. carrier designs. Relatively large, fast, very sea worthy vessels with excellent protection and large aircraft complements, they played an enormous part ...

Navy pilot John Leppla was credited with shooting down five Japanese aircraft in aerial combat before he was shot down and ...

Even so, SBDs went from half of all carrier aircraft in mid 1942 to about six percent by mid ... TBDs to take very heavy losses from Japanese flak and interceptors. At Midway, all the attacking TBDs ...

As South Vietnam collapsed under the onslaught of communist forces, one South Vietnamese pilot made a brave and daring escape ...

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 ...

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 ...