The Blue Angels flying team includes some of the most accomplished and skilled pilots in the U.S. Navy. Here are some facts ...

Admiral Chester W. Nimitz with Cdr Herbert E. Schonland and LCdr Bruce McCandless aboard USS San Francisco (CA-38), in December 1942. PD. Although Douglas MacArthur and Chester Nimitz were the two ...

Marshall and Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz by Rabbi Benjamin Schultz, national director of the American Jewish League Against Communism. “Such irresponsible attacks,” the statement said ...

The SBD will join Fagen Fighters' growing collection of Navy aircraft, which includes an SB2C Helldiver, F6F Hellcat, FM-2 ...

The Nimitz Class aircraft carrier continues to be the centerpiece of the forces necessary for operating forward. In times of crisis, the first question leaders ask in a crisis is: “Where are the ...

it’s going to happen for every Nimitz-class carrier. At least one extension,” Vice Admiral Kenneth Whitesell said last year. Yet the Nimitz extensions have not gone smoothly. Delays in the ...

Aerial view of the pier at the Nimitz Marine Facility on San Diego Harbor. The Nimitz Marine Facility (MarFac) is the home port and technical support center for the Scripps oceanographic research ...

The ship was named for Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, who commanded the Pacific fleet in World War II. Unlike all subsequent Nimitz class carriers, Nimitz only uses its namesake's surname.