Super Hornets and Growlers to get bigger fuel tanks
By: Geoff Ziezulewicz An F/A-18 Super Hornet prepares to land on the deck of the carrier Eisenhower. Newly installed fuel tanks in the next few years will allow the Super Hornets, … More
Monthly Archives: February 2018
New Air Boss Miller Pitches Warfighting Focus in First Visit with Aviators
By: Megan Eckstein F/A-18s on the flight line at Naval Air Station Fallon, Nev. USNI News Photo This post has been updated to note that Vice Adm. Miller faced a TOPGUN … More
Editorial: Dire consequences of losing a carrier
By The Virginian-Pilot Editorial Board MEMBERS OF the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission are concerned that Florida may successfully swipe one of the U.S. Navy aircraft carriers now stationed here. … More
Carrier John F. Kennedy’s structure passes 70 percent completion
By: Mark D. Faram The structural work for the Navy’s next Ford-class aircraft carrier, the John F. Kennedy, is now 70 percent complete, according to a Feb. 22 Huntington Ingalls press release. Kennedy, … More
Flying blind and freezing: Navy investigating terrifying EA-18G Growler flight
By: David B. Larter An EA-18G flies over the flight deck of the carrier USS Carl Vinson off the coast of Southern California. (MC3 Jake Cannady). WASHINGTON — The two-seater EA-18G … More
Report: EMALS might not be ready for the fight
By: Geoff Ziezulewicz The electromagnetic launch system on the new carrier Gerald R. Ford has issues that mean it might not be ready for the furious sortie rate of a big … More
Inside the Navy’s fitful fight against cockpit oxygen loss
By: Geoff Ziezulewicz Navy officials say the service is making progress in battling an array of cockpit dangers collectively known as physiological episodes, or PE. But critics say the service’s response … More
For Navy, retaining aviators may require pay increases
By: Victoria Leoni A Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 81 “Sunliners” F/A-18E Super Hornet launches from the aircraft carrier Carl Vinson. The Navy is not retaining enough pilots and is considering monetary … More