First is the USS Langley (CV-1), the Navy's first aircraft carrier, notable for pioneering naval aviation milestones like the first ship-based aircraft takeoff and landing. Attack!
It's a major step in integrating the F-35B short-takeoff/vertical landing variant ... another Japanese helicopter carrier, JS Izumo, to be converted into an aircraft carrier.
Throughout its service history, from 1970 to 2006, the F-14 was involved in 144 accidents, though few involved takeoff and landing from an aircraft carrier. The F-14A was the first model ...