powered by two Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp engines, which gave them a top speed of 77 mph. Their envelopes were three-ply cotton bags impregnated with rubber or synthetic neoprene. The interior ...

The USS Wasp (CV-7) was an aircraft carrier built under the constraints of the Washington Naval Treaty, which limited its size, armor, and survivability. Commissioned in 1940, Wasp served in the ...

SWEETWATER, Texas — The Sweetwater WASP Museum is holding its annual homecoming to honor the female pilots that flew in World War II. The WASP (Women’s Air Force Service Pilots) were a group ...

An ancient wasp may have zipped among the dinosaurs, with a body like a Venus flytrap to seize and snatch its prey, scientists reported Wednesday. The parasitic wasp's abdomen boasts a set of ...

An ancient wasp may have zipped among the dinosaurs, with a body like a Venus flytrap to seize and snatch its prey, scientists reported Wednesday. The parasitic wasp’s abdomen boasts a set of ...

SAN DIEGO — The USS Midway is set to host an extensive ceremony to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Operation Frequent Wind and the Fall of Saigon on Sunday. The ceremony will pay tribute to ...

A Grade 12 student at Uxbridge Secondary School has been awarded a $100,000 Loran scholarship. Eighteen-year-old Mallory Maschke was one of 36 exceptional youth chosen to receive the scholarship ...

BREMERTON, Wash. — The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan has begun a maintenance stint that will keep it from deployment for 17 months, Navy officials said. The Reagan ...

Long languishing in the dark depths of the Pacific Ocean, the sunken aircraft carrier USS Yorktown has held secrets for 83 ...

Inside the hangar of the USS Yorktown is a 42-foot - by ... the whole image,” one historian noted during the dive. The interior was not explored in 1998 or during a 2023 visit by ...