Air Boss Orders Naval Aviation Safety Stand Down After Two Crashes
By: Sam LaGrone Navy T-6B Texan IIs at NAS Pensacola, Fla. US Navy Photo The head of naval aviation has ordered a safety stand down after two crashes last week only … More
Monthly Archives: October 2020
A Fleet without a Rudder
By Lieutenant (junior grade) Artem Sherbinin, U.S. Navy October 2020 Proceedings Vol. 146/10/1,412 The Navy could soon deploy the Dwight D. Eisenhower and Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike groups—again. The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) spent a record 206 … More
Marine Corps says goodbye to the Super Cobra
Philip Athey The AH-1W Super Cobra participates in a final flight during the Whiskey Sundown Ceremony at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base, New Orleans, on Oct. 14. (Lance Cpl. … More
Super Hornet Crashes Near China Lake, Pilot in Stable Condition
By: Sam LaGrone An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Sidewinders of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 86 makes an arrested landing on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS … More
Why Secretary Esper’s Call For Light Carriers Would Make The U.S. Navy Weaker
Loren ThompsonSenior Contributor Aerospace & Defense I write about national security, especially its business dimensions. On October 6, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper laid out his vision of what the … More
Vice Adm. Kenneth Whitesell Takes Command as New Navy Air Boss
By: Mallory Shelbourne Vice Adm. DeWolfe Miller is properly relieved by Vice Adm. Kenneth Whitesell as Commander, Naval Air Forces and Commander, Naval Air Forces Pacific during a change of command … More