Category: Navy

If you like watching fast military jets flying low then you have to check out Star Wars Canyon in Death Valley, California. This spot has become the place for watching fast movers! Take a few minutes, relax and enjoy! The route flies through Rainbow Canyon which is better known as Star Wars Canyon and the […]

The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) Carrier Strike Group is busy with sustainment exercises to maintain readiness capabilities and the ability to deploy worldwide on short notice. A carrier strike group operates as a team and these types of exercises are critical in honing the skills of the group so they can carry out […]

The US Navy’s newest super carrier left port and headed out into the Atlantic Ocean for its first sea trials. The USS Gerald Ford is the first of the Ford Class carriers which will carry more aircraft and less personnel than Nimitz Class ships. More of the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) passing Fort Monroe […]

The USS Carl Vinson Strike Group has been ordered to cancel its planned port call in Australia and instead deploy to the western Pacific Ocean region. “US Pacific Command ordered the Carl Vinson strike group north as a prudent measure to maintain readiness and presence in the western Pacific,” said Commander Dave Benham, spokesman at […]

The US Navy has grounded its T-45 fleet of training aircraft for three days while it tries to determine the problems with the planes oxygen system. Fighter Sweep told you about how approximately 100 Navy flight instructors have gone ‘on strike’ refusing to fly the plane due to the potential of oxygen contamination which has […]

Boeing is touting that a future upgrade to the F-18 Super Hornet will make it able to track stealth aircraft by their heat source. According to Boeing’s manager of F/A-18 programs, Dan Gillian, this would be just one of many Super Hornet enhancements to keep the aircraft flying well into the 2040’s. Check Out the Super Hornet! […]

More than 100 Navy instructor pilots have gone on strike refusing to fly due to what they feel is an unsafe T-45 Goshawk training aircraft. The aviators are complaining that the planes oxygen system is not functioning properly and making it unsafe to fly the aircraft. It is being reported that hundreds of training flights […]

With the air war against ISIS in full swing these days it appears the Air Force and Navy as well as other allied forces are running short of bombs. It is being reported that both services are asking Boeing to ramp up production for laser guided and other munitions. Did You Know the Navy Still […]

Its not often you get to see the Commanding Officer of a US aircraft carrier painting the ships anchor gold. Well, actually you probably have never seen this before so enjoy the sight! The Retention Excellence Award, previously known as the Golden Anchor Award is an award given by the United States Department of the Navy for […]

This could be interesting to see what the Navy does with the F-35C acquisition program now that a Naval Aviator, Rear Admiral Mat Winter has been named to replaced Air Force Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan as director of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program. Fighter Sweep has reported on the fact that President Trump asked the […]

What more could you want right? F-18 taking off to go get ISIS. You want more? Ok, watch the very cool video below then… Watch from the Flight Deck of the USS Bush as a Hornet takes a cat shot ARABIAN GULF (March 23, 2017) An F/A-18E Super Hornet attached to the “Golden Warriors” of […]

The USS Carl Vinson CVN 70 Strike Group including Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2 arrived in the Republic of Korea for scheduled maneuvers with the South Korean military last week. The aircraft carrier had just come from two weeks of routine operations in the South China Sea. Watch Below a Video From North Korea Depicting […]