Sometimes the stories I encounter in this job leave me stunned. To wit, I recently spoke with Aviation Electrician’s Mate 2nd Class Anthony O’Malley, who served aboard the USS Forrestal during a ...

F4 Phantom jets sat armed and fueled ready to participate in air raids during the Vietnam War. Pilots sat in their planes on the carrier USS Forrestal when the unthinkable happened when a Zuni rocket ...

It has been 50 years since a deadly fire on board the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Forrestal. On July 29, 1967, the Forrestal was off the coast of Vietnam for combat operations in the Gulf of Tonkin ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The nightmarish accident, combined with two other cataclysmic carrier fires, forced the Navy to implement major reforms of its safety culture—but the Forrestal ...

The film details the USS Forrestal, the first super carrier built by the Navy, which was completed in December 1954. Named after Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, the ship is notable for its ...

Somewhere in the Mediterranean Sea, Apr. 16, 1970: The catapult deckedge operator signals as a C-1 Trader is readied for a catapult launch aboard the USS Forrestal. The ship is conducting operations ...