MIKE BENITEZ “Culture eats strategy for breakfast” –Peter Drucker The methodology a fighter pilot uses to debrief after a mission is simple yet effective: What happened, why did it happen, … More
By: David B. Larter Lt. Sean Noronha, second from the left, and Jason Hirzel, third from the left, are awarded Air Medals for their heroic effort to bring an EA-18G Growler … More
By: Sam LaGrone An F/A 18F Super Hornet, assigned to the “Blacklions” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 213, flies over the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) during flight operations. US … More
By Courtney Mabeus – The Virginian-Pilot Photo by Barbie Wilson, who said she witnessed the crash. Two Navy aviators from the Naval Air Station Oceana-based Strike Fighter Squadron 213 died Wednesday … More
By: Victoria Leoni Aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln Executive Officer Capt. Amy Bauernschmidt listens to her radio while on the ship’s flight deck. Bauernschmidt is in the running to become the first … More
By: David B. Larter The Navy is moving to scrap 136 legacy Hornets to make room for newer planes and cut the costs of maintaining burned out aircraft. (U.S. Navy) WASHINGTON … More
Pilots with the “Green Knights” of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, assigned under the Okinawa-based 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, are scheduled to conduct a series of qualification flights on Wasp … More
By: Megan Eckstein The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) arrives in Da Nang, Vietnam, for a scheduled port visit on March 5, 2018. US Navy photo. Aircraft carrier … More