U.S. Air Force study explored turning a Boeing 747 into an airborne aircraft carrier, launching and recovering fighter jets mid-flight. Inspired by past military experiments, the concept was ambitious ...
A 1973 study looked at launching tiny jet fighters from airborne aircraft carriers. This... Here’s What You Need to Know: The plan was more realistic than you think. A 1973 study looked a ...
The E-2C Hawkeye is the U.S. Navy’s primary carrier-based airborne early warning and command and control aircraft. The twin turboprop Hawkeye shares its basic airframe with the C-2 Greyhound but ...
An E-2D Advanced Hawkeye assigned to the ‘Black Eagles’ of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 113 launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson ...