Only in WWII.
Carrier fighter vs carrier fighter. Aircraft carrier duels. Carrier planes (naval aircraft) have folding wings/or wing-tips for shipboard operations.
Aircraft Carrier VS Aircraft Carrier. Or Airplanes launched from the decks of carriers against airplanes launched from the decks of opposing aircraft carriers.
Pilots that are flying naval aircraft.
1. Histories first clash of carriers was the battle of the Coral Sea 2. Histories most decisive carrier clash was the battle of Midway 3. Last battle involving carrier fleets was battle of Leyte Gulf 4. Last USN aircraft carrier sunk in WWII was USS Bismarck Sea 5. Last naval battle involving an aircraft carrier was during the Falklands Island war in 1982
The O'Brian and the USS Enterprise Aircraft Carrier.
Aircraft Carrier, Light
It is an aircraft carrier, that is it's purpose - to operate aircraft and project naval power.
The Battle of the Coral Sea (1942) was the first Naval battle in which neither of the two opposing surface fleets either saw or shot at each other. Everything was done with carrier-based aircraft.
PH was the battle; IJN aircraft carrier airplanes launched an aerial assault against the naval base on 07 December 1941, turning the European & Asian wars into a global war.
1. It was a carrier battle. 2. It was decisive.
The first naval battle in history between aircraft carriers was the battle of the Coral Sea in 1942.
The first naval battle fought entirely by aircraft, and in which the opposing ships of each side never came within sight of each other, was the Battle of the Coral Sea in May, 1942, one month prior to the Battle of Midway.