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At sea, this demanded larger aircraft carriers with longer flight decks ... years undergoing repairs at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. The explosion and fire nearly killed Lt. Cmdr.

The fire destroyed 21 aircraft and caused significant structural damage to the flight deck and other parts of ... USS Forestall is one of the biggest naval disasters in U.S. History.

followed by the original 1974 Popular Mechanics article "Fire on the Flight Deck." This article, which reports that new technology and training made subsequent fires less disastrous, is also newly ...

The US Navy has lost a Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet ... seat fighter was being towed across the Truman’s open air flight deck by a small, wheeled tractor when the crew lost control.

A Seahawk helicopter takes off from a flight deck on May 10 ... More Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Amber Smalley/US Navy via Getty Images The U.S. helicopters acting in "self-defense ...

Super Hornet fighter jets from the USS Harry S. Truman bombed ISIS targets in Somalia in February, a defense official told Business Insider.

An overheated Zuni rocket warhead, caused by exhaust from a nearby aircraft starter unit, accidentally fired and triggered a chain reaction of explosions on the flight deck. -The disaster killed ...