Pentagon To Retire USS Truman Early, Shrinking Carrier Fleet To 10
The move could save more than $30 billion over 25 years to invest in high-tech weapons — but Congress is sure to explode in outrage. By SYDNEY J. FREEDBERG JR. USS … More
Monthly Archives: February 2019
Navy’s Maintenance Boss Defends New Supercarrier Despite Tech Bugs
An F/A-18F Super Hornet, assigned to the “Swordsmen” of Strike Fighter Squadron 32, approaches USS Gerald R. Ford’s Electromagnetic Aircraft Launching System (EMALS) during flight deck operations on Nov. 6, … More
Panel: Navy Advancing Tactics, Adding New Weapons to Boost Combat Lethality
By: Megan Eckstein Sailors load a Harpoon anti-ship cruise missile aboard the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Olympia (SSN 717) as part of the biannual Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) maritime … More
Navy: Ford’s Advanced Arresting Gear Will be Ready for Fleet Super Hornets, Growlers by End of Year
By: Sam LaGrone F/A-18F Pilot LCDR Jamie R. Struck the makes first carrier arrested landing using AAG system aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) off the Virginia coast. US Navy Photo … More
China will build 4 nuclear aircraft carriers in drive to catch US Navy, experts say
Beijing expected to have at least six aircraft carrier battle groups by 2035 after it prioritised modernising its navy Nuclear-powered carriers thought to be equipped with electromagnetic launch catapults similar … More
A fighting Ford prepares to join the fleet
By: Mark D. Faram Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson talks to the media in front of one of the the Ford’s new weapons elevators. (Mark D. Faram/Staff) ON BOARD … More
US Navy admits failure on $760 million weapon to protect its aircraft carriers from an age-old threat
By: Alex Lockie The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) returns to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. US Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daniel Barker/Released The … More
Navy’s Last F-18 Hornet Squadron Sundowns Ahead of Transition to Super Hornet
By: Megan Eckstein A Hornet from Strike Fighter Squadron 34 aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) prepares to launch during the Rim of the Pacific 2018 exercise. VFA-34’s planes were painted to … More