Eight people have been rescued and three remain missing after a US Navy plane crashes into the western Pacific Ocean, the Navy says.

The US Navy is left red-faced after a pilot painted an enormous outline of a penis in the sky using the condensation trails from his multi-million-dollar warplane.

A rocket-bearing Iranian military vessel has confronted an American battleship in the Gulf and warned it to stay away from a damaged Iranian fishing boat, but the US Navy denies any direct contact with Iranian forces.

360Fly releases a look from inside the cockpit of an F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet launching off the deck of the USS Harry S. Truman on February 11, and the view is absolutely surreal.

A US Navy ship has sailed close to artificial islands built by China in the disputed waters of the South China Sea, US defence officials have said.

The US Navy agrees to limit its use of sonar that may inadvertently harm whales and dolphins in waters near Hawaii and California.

Tom Moore, the "Archie" cartoonist who brought to life the escapades of a freckled-face, red-haired character, has died in Texas. He was 86.

US hopes that information comes from the maritime surveillance flights will provide an enhanced understanding of the position of boatpeople at sea.