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The U.S. Navy’s legacy fleet of F/A-18 Hornets concluded their final voyage aboard an American aircraft carrier earlier this week. These jets have served as the Navy’s workhorse fighter since first becoming operational in 1983, and will continue their service lives in other capacities as the Navy makes room for Block III Super Hornet variants […]
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The US Navy’s F-35C looking good on the boat! Featured image of an F-35C Lightning II carrier variant, assigned to the Grim Reapers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 101, the Navy’s F-35C Fleet replacement squadron, preparing to land on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) by US Navy
You have to admit…if you love military aviation and especially Naval Aviation this is good stuff! So now you know why the US Navy uses an angled deck on their aircraft carriers! Featured image of The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Essex (CVA-9) taking spray over the bow while steaming in heavy seas. Essex, with assigned Carrier Air Group […]
The United States Navy is looking into its old bag of tricks to try to reduce the anticipated costs of growing its fleet of aircraft carriers, while expediting the construction of the new ships. The Navy is expected to act soon to award the contract for the construction of the forthcoming CVN-80 USS Enterprise, the […]
Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis has been touring the world, bolstering relationships with foreign nations like Vietnam and Indonesia. Mattis was in Oman just on 11 March, and has since left for other nations in the region. On Friday, he traveled to Bahrain to meet with the King, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and his son, the […]
Pilots assigned to the Blue Angels, the Navy’s flight demonstration squadron, show the maneuverability of F/A-18 aircraft during aerobatic maneuvers during Luke Days at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., March 17, 2018. The event demonstrates the Air Force’s continuing progress in building the future of airpower with military and civilian air acts. Air Force photo […]
Landing on an aircraft carrier is serious business and filled with hazards. Check out this very interesting US Navy training video (below). Makes you realize how brave the people who fly off of and work on an aircraft carrier truly are. Some amazing footage you will want to see! Watch: Admiral asks “where do we […]
Two Naval aviators died after their jet crashed Wednesday near Naval Air Station Key West off the coast the Florida Keys, the US Navy said. Cmdr. Dave Hecht, a spokesman for Naval Air Station Key West, said the F/A-18 Hornet caught fire in the air and then crashed around 4:30 p.m. in shallow waters about one mile from the […]
ICEX18 (Ice Exercise 2018) was kicked off early March, beginning the five week exercise in one of the world’s harshest environments: the arctic cold. Every other year, the U.S. Navy conducts this training event that tests and train’s the Navy’s capabilities in the unforgiving northern temperatures, and to coordinate with partner nations while doing so. […]
Gone but not forgotten! The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is an American supersonic, twin-engine, two-seat, variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft. The Tomcat was developed for the United States Navy’s Naval Fighter Experimental (VFX) program after the collapse of the F-111B project. The F-14 was the first of the American teen-series fighters, which were designed incorporating air combat […]
Navy fighter pilots found themselves in a life threatening situation over America’s Pacific Northwest last month, as the cabin pressure and air temperature systems failed in their EA-18G Growler. The two-man crew from Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Nine were cruising at approximately 25,000 feet some 60 miles south of Seattle Washington at the time of […]
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