US Navy F-18 Hornet Pilot Ejects While Approaching USS Carl Vinson

US Navy F-18 Hornet Pilot Ejects While Approaching USS Carl Vinson

The US Navy is reporting that one of their F-18 Super Hornet pilots had to eject while attempting to land on the USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70). Based out of Naval Air Station Lemoore, CA the VFA-137 Kestrels pilot is reported to be safe and unhurt. A pilot safely ejected and was quickly recovered by a […]

American F/A-18 crashes near Philippines while attempting to land on USS Carl Vinson

American F/A-18 crashes near Philippines while attempting to land on USS Carl Vinson

An American F/A-18E Super Hornet crashed while attempting to land on the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier near the Philippines on Friday.  The pilot successfully ejected from the aircraft and was promptly recovered by a rescue helicopter assigned to the carrier.  His current medical status has not yet been revealed, but the indicates that the […]

Trump congratulates commanders of Navy ships responsible for Syria strike

Trump congratulates commanders of Navy ships responsible for Syria strike

On Saturday, President Trump congratulated the commanders of the two Navy vessels tasked with launching 59 Tomahawk missiles at an Assad-controlled air base in Syria last week.  He then followed his telephone conversations up on Twitter, extending his praise into the digital sphere. “Congratulations to our great military men and women for representing the United […]

Wild West culture of drug use on operations permeates SEAL Teams

Wild West culture of drug use on operations permeates SEAL Teams

Sources within the Special Operations community have described a situation to SOFREP in which SEAL Team Six operators are routinely high on drugs while conducting highly dangerous direct action missions while deployed abroad.  Operators are known to abuse methamphetamine and other uppers on a regular basis during combat operations.  The use of cocaine and methamphetamine is […]

No charges for SEAL instructor implicated in drowning of trainee

No charges for SEAL instructor implicated in drowning of trainee

A Navy instructor initially implicated in the May 2016 drowning of a SEAL trainee will not face criminal charges, the Navy said Tuesday. The head of Naval Special Warfare Basic Training Command, Cmdr. Liam Hulin, determined that no crime had occurred after reviewing the Naval Criminal Investigation Services inquiry into the case. ABC News was first […]

U.S. Navy strike group to move toward Korean peninsula: U.S. official

U.S. Navy strike group to move toward Korean peninsula: U.S. official

A U.S. Navy strike group will be moving toward the western Pacific Ocean near the Korean peninsula as a show of force, a U.S. official told Reuters on Saturday, as concerns grow about North Korea’s advancing weapons program. Earlier this month North Korea tested a liquid-fueled Scud missile which only traveled a fraction of its […]

US Navy Temporarily Grounds the T-45C Goshawk Training Jet

US Navy Temporarily Grounds the T-45C Goshawk Training Jet

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 […]

Photo of the Day: CO of USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) Painting Ships Anchor Gold

Photo of the Day: CO of USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) Painting Ships Anchor Gold

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 […]

Man-made islands in the South China Sea nearing completion and ready for Chinese troops

Man-made islands in the South China Sea nearing completion and ready for Chinese troops

The Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI), part of Washington’s Center for Strategic and International Studies, announced this week that China has largely completed construction of military installations on the artificial islands the nation has constructed in the South China Sea.  According to their report, China may begin deploying military equipment and personnel to the islands […]

US Subs are losing their sound proofing – making them more susceptible to detection

US Subs are losing their sound proofing – making them more susceptible to detection

An image of the U.S. Navy’s Virginia class submarine, the USS Mississippi, appeared on the cover of Honolulu’s Star Advertiser earlier this week, as the submarine returned to its home port at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.  Although the image itself is a pleasant one, depicting the massive nuclear submarine juxtaposed against the serene landscape of the […]