A U.S. Navy fighter jet and a helicopter from the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz both recently crashed into the South China Sea within 30 minutes of each other, the Navy’s Pacific Fleet confirmed.

The USS Nimitz heads out of San Diego Bay for deployment in 2020. (File photo by Chris Stone/Times of San Diego) A fighter jet and a helicopter based off the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz both crashed ...

WASHINGTON — Serious U.S. military aviation mishaps rose significantly between 2020 and 2024, killing 90 people and costing billions in damage, according to new Pentagon data provided to Democratic ...

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When the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier lost an F-18 fighter jet in May because of an arresting wire failure, the crew was in the midst of "significantly stressful deployment" because of ...

The U.S. Navy called off its search for three sailors missing since Wednesday, when a transport plane crashed in the Pacific Ocean on its way to the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier. Eight people ...

Re “San Diego bids farewell to USS Nimitz as ‘coolest’ carrier in the Navy ends 50 years of service” (Dec. 7) and “State needs nuclear energy to reach climate goals” (Dec. 9): In reading these recent ...