Category: Navy

The US military released a statement that an F/A-18 Super Hornet shot down a Syrian Su-22 jet that had earlier dropped munitions near US backed fighters. This is thought to be the first aerial kill of an enemy aircraft in almost 20 years by US forces. The statement said coalition aircraft had “conducted a show […]

The US Navy Blue Angels flight demonstration team is welcoming back to service the famous “Fat Albert” C-130 Hercules as the logistics and transport aircraft for the unit. Fat Albert has always been a huge fan favorite at Blue Angels airshows featuring a Jet Assisted Takeoff (JATO). Watch Fat Albert perform a Jet Assisted Takeoff […]

Watch in awe as this giant aircraft carrier performs a series of high speed maneuvers during recent sea trials. “The sea trials period we completed today went exceptionally well,” said Capt. Ronald Ravelo, Lincoln’s commanding officer. “Of course there was some discovery, the ship hasn’t been underway for over four years, but everything went for the […]

After years of pilot complaints detailing bouts of hypoxia and oxygen starvation the Navy’s latest effort to resolve the issue has come up with few answers according to their latest report. Since 2010 Navy pilots have reported over 460 episodes in the F-18 Hornet and T-45 Goshawk training aircraft. The source of the problem remains […]

US Navy student pilot training is falling behind as the service struggles to find answers for the breathing system problems that grounded the entire T-45 Goshawk fleet earlier this year. Back in April 100 Navy instructor pilots went on strike refusing to fly the aircraft due to safety concerns. Addressing a panel of the Senate […]

The EA-18G Growler aircraft is a marvel of electronic warfare. The Growler is a special version of the F/A-18 carrier based jet aircraft designed to shutdown enemy radar. Armed with sensors that search out and locate enemy radar signals from surface to air missiles the EA-18G ‘jams’ those radar systems to allow friendly aircraft to […]

An F/A-18E Super Hornet attached to the “Golden Warriors” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 87 launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) to conduct flight operations in support of Operation Inherent Resolve June 6, 2017. George H.W. Bush is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th […]

The US Navy does have some “appropriately arrogant” pilots. Well, some may say just plain old arrogant but in any case carrier based F-18 Hornet operations do make for some great videos! Watch and enjoy as Naval Aviator Lieutenant Ian Schmidt takes you on a wild ride. Fly Navy! Question: So are Navy carrier pilots […]

More than 1000 members of Naval Special Warfare gathered in their dress blue uniforms to say goodbye and honor their fallen team member Special Operator 1st Class Remington Peters who died on Memorial Day weekend when his parachute malfunctioned. Special Warfare Operator (SEAL) Petty Officer 1st Class Remington Peters died Sunday May 28th in a parachute […]

The USS Independence was towed last Thursday into the Port of Brownsville where it will be dismantled for scrap. CV-62 was launched in 1958 and served almost 40 years in the Fleet before it was decommissioned in 1998. Watch the Independence Being Towed on its Final Voyage International Shipbreaking Ltd. President Chris Green credited the Port of […]

For the first time since 2013, the USS Nimitz CVN 68 left Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton last Thursday on a six month deployment to the western Pacific and Middle East. Take a Tour of the USS Nimitz After returning from its last deployment, the Nimitz underwent a 20-month maintenance and modernization period at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard […]

No need to say much here. Just sit back, relax and enjoy the rare sight of two US Navy Carrier strike groups operating in the same spot. “The USS Carl Vinson Strike Group and USS Ronald Reagan Strike Group are conducting routine operations in the Western Pacific,” Navy spokesman Lt. Loren Terry said. Officials said […]