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Carrier Aviation Weapons and Military Equipment

Browse 10 weapon systems and military equipment entries tagged Carrier Aviation, grouped by category with images, specifications, conflict context, and sources.

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Carrier Aviation Aircraft & UAVs

Crewed aircraft, drones, and loitering munitions.

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A-4 Skyhawk, Carrier-based light attack aircraft, Aircraft & UAVsAircraft & UAVsA-4 SkyhawkCarrier-based light attack aircraftSide: United StatesIsraelArgentinaIndonesiaKuwaitUnspecifiedBuilt: Douglas Aircraft Company / McDonnell Douglas / United StatesThe Douglas A-4 Skyhawk is a compact United States carrier-based attack aircraft designed by Ed Heinemann for the Navy and Marine Corps. Built by Douglas and later McDonnell Douglas, it became a long-lived light-attack platform with documented combat use in Vietnam, the Middle East, the Falklands, East Timor, and the Gulf War.
F/A-18 Hornet (Tactical), Carrier-capable multirole strike fighter, Aircraft & UAVsAircraft & UAVsF/A-18 Hornet (Tactical)Carrier-capable multirole strike fighterSide: UnspecifiedBuilt: McDonnell Douglas / United StatesThe F/A-18 Hornet (Tactical) is the National Naval Aviation Museum's label for the original McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 A-D Hornet family, a twin-engine all-weather fighter and attack aircraft that entered Marine Corps service in 1983 and U.S. Navy service in 1984. NAVAIR describes the Hornet as the nation's first all-weather fighter and attack aircraft, and official weapons documentation lists AGM-65 Maverick missiles among its armament.
F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, Carrier-capable multirole strike fighter, Aircraft & UAVsAircraft & UAVsF/A-18E/F Super HornetCarrier-capable multirole strike fighterSide: United StatesUnited States and partnersUnited States and coalition partnersUnited States and Federal Government of SomaliaUnspecifiedBuilt: Boeing / United StatesBoeing's F/A-18E/F Super Hornet is the U.S. Navy's carrier-capable multirole strike fighter, built for fleet air defense, precision strike, and expeditionary carrier operations. In the catalog's post-2015 scope it appears in carrier deployments tied to Operation Inherent Resolve over Iraq and Syria, the Red Sea crisis, Afghanistan drawdown operations, and U.S. airpower posturing in the Israel-Iran conflict.

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Carrier Aviation Naval Systems

Warships, submarines, unmanned surface vessels, naval craft, and maritime combat systems.

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Type 003 Fujian aircraft carrier, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy CATOBAR aircraft carrier with electromagnetic catapults, Naval SystemsNaval SystemsType 003 Fujian aircraft carrierChinese People's Liberation Army Navy CATOBAR aircraft carrier with electromagnetic catapultsSide: UnknownBuilt: Jiangnan Shipyard / ChinaType 003 Fujian is the People's Liberation Army Navy's first indigenous aircraft carrier design and China's first carrier built for CATOBAR operations with electromagnetic catapults. Built by Jiangnan Shipyard, it moved through sea trials beginning in 2024 and represents the PLAN's shift from ski-jump carrier aviation toward heavier aircraft launch and recovery operations.
Type 001 Liaoning aircraft carrier, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy ski-jump aircraft carrier, Naval SystemsNaval SystemsType 001 Liaoning aircraft carrierChinese People's Liberation Army Navy ski-jump aircraft carrierSide: UnknownBuilt: Dalian Shipbuilding Industry / ChinaLiaoning is the People's Liberation Army Navy's first aircraft carrier and the lead Type 001 ship, rebuilt from the unfinished Soviet Varyag hull at Dalian Shipyard. It uses a ski-jump STOBAR layout for carrier aviation training and operations, and has undergone major refit work and sea-trial activity since entering Chinese service in 2012.