Naval aviation is the application of military air power by navies, whether from warships that embark aircraft, or land bases.
An F/A-18C Hornet launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk
Mayfly was built in 1908 and was the first aircraft to be used in a naval capacity.
Lieutenant Charles Samson's historic takeoff from Hibernia in 1912.
Japanese Maurice Farman seaplane from Wakamiya
Military aviation comprises military aircraft and other flying machines for the purposes of conducting or enabling aerial warfare, including national airlift capacity to provide logistical supply to forces stationed in a war theater or along a front. Airpower includes the national means of conducting such warfare, including the intersection of transport and warcraft. Military aircraft include bombers, fighters, transports, trainer aircraft, and reconnaissance aircraft.
A squadron of USAF C-17A transports on an air drop operation
The Wright 1908 Model A Military Flyer arrives at Fort Myer, Virginia aboard a wagon
Unloading of a Blériot XI-2 artillery spotting monoplane of the Romanian Army during the Second Balkan War in 1913
Austro-Hungarian soldiers transport a military balloon during World War I in 1914
