The 1967 fire on the USS Forrestal aircraft carrier was one of the most devastating naval disasters in U.S. history. It ...

Sinking the USS Enterprise Would be Easier Than Scrapping Her: The USS Enterprise, CVN-65, was the first nuclear-powered ...

The A-4 Skywalk was a lightweight beast when it was introduced in the 1950s. Here's its top speed, which even set a world ...

During the Vietnam War, Maj. Robert Lodge chose death over the prospect of giving up information to enemy forces. (U.S. Air ...

Minden resident Jeff Evans and Col. Jackson Doan, commanding officer of the Marines’ Mountain Warfare Training Center north of Bridgeport, California, were among the speakers at this year’s annual ...

We’ve been learning about Karl Porisch’s Vietnam service, piloting Marine CH-46 helicopters out of Marble Mountain Airfield south of Danang. He recalled that night medevac missions were challenging ...

Speaking as a former naval aviator (515 missions during the Vietnam War), the content of the Signal texts that the Atlantic ...

April's Veteran of the Month is John Chaput, a Washington native who now lives in Beatrice as he rehabs from his exposure to ...

The U.S. Navy is set to launch it next aircraft carrier, CVN 80, later this year. In a change from the planned USS Enterprise name, the vessel will now be named after the Senior Advisor to the ...

Navy PB4Y-1 pilot Bruce Van Voorhis was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in the South Pacific. Here, a ...

Denis Russell served his country as a petty officer in the US Navy from 1969 to 1975. This proud Vietnam veteran grew up in ...