Talk about nerve racking. Captain William Mahoney was piloting an AV-8B Harrier jump jet when his landing gear failed. Watch the dramatic moment the pilot skillfully performs a vertical landing on a ...

For naval aviators, combat missions over hostile territory are less dangerous than the act of landing back on a moving carrier. Since World War II, half of all naval aviation mishaps have happened ...

Whereas a land-based pilot can be expected to “grease” the runway, carrier landings demand that naval pilots make a controlled impact—essentially a crash aboard the deck. Landing on an aircraft ...