U.S. Navy’s Costliest Warship Suffers New Failure at Sea
By Anthony Capaccio The Gerald R. Ford, the U.S. Navy’s costliest warship, suffered a new failure at sea that forced it back to port and raised fresh questions about the new … More
Yearly Archives: 2018
What if the US stopped sending aircraft carriers to the Arabian Gulf?
By: David B. Larter U.S. Navy aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman receives cargo during a vertical replenishment March 16, 2010. The Truman Carrier Strike Group was deployed in support of Operation … More
Mattis eyes major overhaul of Navy deployments
By: David B. Larter and Mark D. Faram Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, seen here speaking with sailors, is proposing a massive overhaul of the way the Navy deploys its ships and sailors. … More
Here’s the latest on America’s next supercarriers
By: David B. Larter A crane moves the lower stern into place on the future aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy at Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding in Newport News, Va. (U.S. Navy) WASHINGTON … More
Is Secretary of Defense Mattis planning radical changes to how the Navy deploys?
By: David B. Larter The aircraft carriers Ronald Reagan, Theodore Roosevelt and Nimitz and their strike groups underway in the western Pacific in 2017. Defense Secretary James Mattis wants to see … More
The Corps will take first delivery of ‘most powerful helicopter in the Defense Department’ in May
By: Shawn Snow A CH-53K King Stallion lifts a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle during a demonstration, Jan. 18. (Navy) It just wrapped up its international debut at the ILA Berlin Air … More
Reports: Russian Fighter Conducts ‘Unprofessional’ Intercept of U.S. Navy P-8A Over Baltic
By: Sam LaGrone A P-8A Poseidon assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 20 flies over the Chesapeake Bay. US Navy Photo A Russian Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker conducted a safe … More
French, U.S. Naval Aviators Learn to Work Together Ahead of Middle East Deployment
By: Ben Werner Cmdr. Marc, commander of the French carrier airwing training at Naval Air Station Oceana. USNI News photo NAVAL AIR STATION OCEANA, Va. — Since carrier flight skills atrophy over time, … More