US Tells China They Have Experience Taking Down Small Islands

US Tells China They Have Experience Taking Down Small Islands

The war of words between the United States and China has been amped up even more when on Thursday a Pentagon official stated while the US will seek common ground with China on North Korea and other issues, they will continue to protect their interests. And the message was clear on what the United States […]

Exercise Chesapeake 2018: Integrating a French Navy Air Wing with the US Navy

Exercise Chesapeake 2018: Integrating a French Navy Air Wing with the US Navy

Exercise Chesapeake 2018 is the first-ever training to fully integrate a French Navy air wing into a single, unified carrier air wing, Carrier Air Wing Eight (CVW-8). This historic first in naval aviation is another demonstration of the Navy’s implementation of the National Defense Strategy and its direction to strengthen alliances and deepen collaboration to […]

Watch: Best US Navy Blue Angels ‘Sneak Pass’ Ever? You Be The Judge!

Watch: Best US Navy Blue Angels ‘Sneak Pass’ Ever? You Be The Judge!

Check out the Blue Angels ‘Sneak Pass’ in this video. What do you think? The best one ever? Maybe we should ask the people in the video. Did you catch their reactions? Enjoy some additional ‘Sneak Passes’ courtesy of the Blue Angels. Double Sneak Pass! Featured image by US Navy

Drone bodyguards and missile interceptors: The Navy’s plan to defend their unarmed aircraft

Drone bodyguards and missile interceptors: The Navy’s plan to defend their unarmed aircraft

Last week, a Russian Su-27 fighter intercepted an unarmed U.S. Navy P-8 surveillance plane while flying in international airspace over the increasingly contested Baltic Sea. The intercept, like many before it, was characterized as “unprofessional” by American Defense Officials, but received little fanfare in the American media. Why? Well, in short, it’s because these sorts […]

More problems for the Navy’s newest carrier — now it’s the propulsion system

More problems for the Navy’s newest carrier — now it’s the propulsion system

A previously undisclosed issue with the Navy’s newest and most advanced aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, forced it to return to port during shakedown testing in January, the branch admitted this week. For the second time, an issue with the carrier, which cost just short of $13 billion to build, has raised questions […]

FLASHBACK: How did Navy SEALs get addicted to drugs? Doc issued them.

(Managing Editor’s note:  This was published more than a year ago.  However, it has recently hit the media outside SOFREP.  So…we’re rerunning it.  Enjoy [again].) In response to the recent allegations made by three Navy SEAL whistleblowers to CBS News and information provided to SOFREP by our own sources, many readers chimed in to opine […]

Watch: 2014 Hornet Ball Video

Watch: 2014 Hornet Ball Video

The 2014 Hornet Ball Video made by “Wingnut”! The Hornet Ball is an annual event consisting of all the West coast Naval F-18 Hornet and Super Hornet squadrons, their pilots and guests. Each year’s ball features a video compiled from the squadrons’ year of flying in both combat and training missions. Intro Poem: “High Flight” […]