Navy: Jets will be modified as it determines oxygen problem
By: Ben Finley NORFOLK, Va. — The U.S. Navy on Saturday said it will allow a fleet of its training jets to fly again under modified conditions while it determines … More
Monthly Archives: April 2017
First-in-class carrier Gerald R. Ford returns from builders trials
By: Mark D. Faram NORFOLK NAVAL STATION, Va. — The carrier Gerald R. Ford returned to Hampton Roads after a week at sea conducting builder’s trials, pulling into Norfolk Naval Station … More
How Trump Can Build a 350-Ship Navy
When President Donald Trump wanted to send a message to North Korea, he did it the old-fashioned way: by sending the USS Carl Vinson—a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier that holds a … More
Admiral: Would be “very difficult” to move aircraft carrier homeport from Norfolk to Florida
By Brock Vergakis The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman is guided into dock in Norfolk on Wednesday, July 13, 2016, after an eight-month deployment in support of Operation … More
Trump fuels renewed battle over Navy combat jets
By: Christopher Diamond Navy officials are standing by plans to buy the F-35 joint strike fighter despite President Trump’s repeated criticism of the costly aircraft and the suggestion that the … More
Things have gone from bad to worse at the Navy’s flight school
By: David B. Larter The head of naval aviation has extended a three-day grounding of all the Navy’s T-45 training jets indefinitely after a group of instructor pilots refused to … More
At last — carrier Ford tastes the sea to begin trials
By: Mark Farm and Christopher P. Cavas NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — After years of delays, billions of dollars and tons of sweat, the new aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford finally got underway … More
Marine helicopter crashes in Arizona, five aboard escape injury
By: Jeff Schogol A Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion crashed Wednesday near the Barry M. Goldwater Range in Yuma, Ariz., but none of the five Marines aboard the helicopter were … More