The Vietnam War - which Vietnam calls the American ... The presence of a US aircraft carrier in Danang, one which will be conducting so-called "freedom of navigation" passages through the disputed ...

The immense nuclear-powered US aircraft carrier Carl Vinson has powered into Vietnamese waters, the first such visit since the end of the Vietnam War. The BBC's South East Asia correspondent ...

Propeller planes were a big deal throughout World War II, but even when jets became a reality, turboprops still played a ...

The Midway-class aircraft carriers, introduced post-World War ... They played vital roles in conflicts from Vietnam to the Gulf War. Today, the USS Midway is preserved as a museum in San Diego ...