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Editorial: Rise in aviation mishaps signals serious readiness, manning challenges April 24, 2018

By: Military Times Editors An F/A-18F Super Hornet launches from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) on Jan. 26, 2012. (MC3 Timothy A. Hazel/Navy) Rep. Mike Turner made … More »

Recent Fatal Navy, Marine Aviation Crashes Are Symptoms of Overworked Forces, Officials Say April 10, 2018

By: Megan EcksteinM A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 162, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) prepares to takeoff while transiting the Bab al-Mandeb … More »

Navy’s spike in aviation mishaps is the military’s worst, up 82 percent April 9, 2018

By: Tara Copp Super Hornet Class Cs have spiked while the older Hornets Class Cs have dropped as the military has sharply cut their flying hours. U.S. Navy aviation mishaps involving the … More »

The U.S. Navy Wants to Spend Billions on Aircraft Carriers That Aren’t Ready April 3, 2018

It would be a mistake to order ‘Ford’-class flattops in bulk Dan Grazier The U.S. Navy wants to go all in on the USS Ford-class aircraft carrier program. Less than a … More »

Fight to Hawaii: How the U.S. Navy is Training Carrier Strike Groups for Future War March 23, 2018

By: Megan Eckstein An F/A-18E Super Hornet, assigned to the Stingers of Strike Fighter Attack Squadron (VFA) 113 flies over the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) on Oct. 26, … More »

U.S. Evolving Middle East Operations of Carrier Strike Group as ISIS Loses Ground, Iranian Drones Make Daily Appearances March 19, 2018

By: Megan Eckstein An F-18 lands aboard carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) during flight operations in the Persian Gulf on March 10, 2018. USNI News photo. Correction: A previous version of … More »

AIR FORCE IN CRISIS, PART III: DEAR BOSS, IT’S ALL ABOUT THE CULTURE March 16, 2018

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 »

New Simulators Give Naval Aviators an Edge in Training for High-End Fight March 2, 2018

By: Megan Eckstein Aircraft from Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11 fly in close formation during a flight demonstration as part of Tiger Cruise 2017 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN … More »