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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.

10 weapon systems

A-4 Skyhawk, Carrier-based light attack aircraft, Aircraft & UAVs

Aircraft & 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.

MiG-29K, Carrier-based multirole fighter aircraft, Aircraft & UAVs

Aircraft & UAVsMiG-29KCarrier-based multirole fighter aircraftSide: Russian NavyBuilt: Mikoyan / Soviet Union / RussiaThe Mikoyan MiG-29K is a carrier-based, all-weather multirole fighter developed from the MiG-29M for naval aviation. It serves with the Indian Navy and Russian Navy, and Russian MiG-29K/KR aircraft flew from Admiral Kuznetsov during the 2016 Syria deployment.

F/A-18 Hornet (Tactical), Carrier-capable multirole strike fighter, Aircraft & UAVs

Aircraft & 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 & UAVs

Aircraft & 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.

Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carrier, Aircraft carrier class, Naval Systems

Naval SystemsQueen Elizabeth class aircraft carrierAircraft carrier classSide: UnspecifiedBuilt: Aircraft Carrier Alliance / United KingdomThe Queen Elizabeth class is the Royal Navy's British aircraft carrier class, built by the Aircraft Carrier Alliance led by BAE Systems, Babcock, Thales, and the UK Ministry of Defence. Each ship combines a 65,000-tonne hull, a 280-metre flight deck, a ski-jump ramp, and capacity for up to 72 aircraft, including F-35B jets and helicopters.

Type 003 Fujian aircraft carrier, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy CATOBAR aircraft carrier with electromagnetic catapults, Naval Systems

Naval 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 Systems

Naval 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.

Type 002 Shandong aircraft carrier, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy ski-jump aircraft carrier, Naval Systems

Naval SystemsType 002 Shandong aircraft carrierChinese People's Liberation Army Navy ski-jump aircraft carrierSide: UnknownBuilt: Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company / ChinaThe Type 002 Shandong is China's first domestically built aircraft carrier and the PLAN's second operational carrier. It uses a STOBAR ski-jump layout, was launched in April 2017, and was commissioned at Sanya on 17 December 2019 as hull number CV-17.

Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier, Heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser / STOBAR aircraft carrier, Naval Systems

Naval SystemsKuznetsov-class aircraft carrierHeavy aircraft-carrying cruiser / STOBAR aircraft carrierSide: UnspecifiedBuilt: Black Sea Shipyard / Soviet UnionThe Kuznetsov class is Russia's heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser family, built at the Black Sea Shipyard in Mykolaiv for ski-jump STOBAR carrier operations. Its lead ship, Admiral Kuznetsov, was Russia's sole aircraft carrier when it deployed to the eastern Mediterranean and launched strikes in Syria in 2016.

Charles de Gaulle, Nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, Naval Systems

Naval SystemsCharles de GaulleNuclear-powered aircraft carrierSide: UnspecifiedBuilt: Naval Group / FranceCharles de Gaulle is France's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, built by Naval Group and commissioned in 2001. It was the first French aircraft carrier equipped with nuclear propulsion and remains the only nuclear-powered carrier built outside the United States.