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

Fleet carriers Shokaku and Zuikaku offered mobile support. On May 7, 1942, Shokaku’s and Zuikaku’s D3A1 dive bombers sank the U.S. destroyer Sims and so badly damaged the fleet tanker Neosho ...

Shoho and the fleet carrier Shokaku. But the Coral Sea was a relative warm-up for the SBD Dauntless’ most important moment in the war, the Battle of Midway. Dauntlesses were also credited with ...

At Midway, the Dauntless was credited with sinking or mortally wounding each of the four Japanese aircraft carriers involved ...

One of the J-15D’s dangled a refueling hose and drogue basket, showcasing a carrier-based air refueling capability and the recent transformation of China’s naval aviation branch. For all but ...

But Hitler’s Germany did make progress towards building an aircraft carrier. This was the Graf Zeppelin—named for Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, best known for developing the eponymous airship.