F-14 Tomcat monument installed at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront
By STACY PARKER Crowds are reflected in a monument at the Association of Naval Aviation Monument Park as a crane and Chip Updyke, right, of Art and Stone Monument Company guide … More
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VIDEO: First Operational Navy V-22 Arrives at New COD Squadron
By: Sam LaGrone The first CMV-22B Osprey assigned to Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Squadron (VRM) 30 lands at Naval Air Station North Island on June 22, 2020. US Navy Photo The first … More
The Aircraft Carrier We Need
By JERRY HENDRIX The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Midway, with assigned Carrier Air Wing 5, entering Subic Bay, Philippines, 1981 (PHCS Steven Harris, USN/U.S. Defense Imagery Photo/VIRIN DN-ST-84-00324) A strategic design update … More
Navy Clear on Causes of Physiological Events in Pilots; Final Recommendations Released for PE Mitigation
By: Megan Eckstein Lt. Joshua Chester, a Navy pilot from Lorton, Virginia, poses in front of an F/A-18E Super Hornet, assigned to the “Sunliners” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 81 on … More
JUST IN: Boeing Delivers First Next-Gen Super Hornets to Navy
By Jon Harper Boeing photo Boeing has delivered the first set of souped-up F/A-18E/F Block III Super Hornets to the Navy for flight tests, the company announced June 17. One of … More
With the future of the US Navy’s carrier air wing murky, Congress demands a plan
An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned launches from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman in 2018. The Navy plans to stop buying the Super Hornet in 2022, but Congress wants … More
Naval Aviation Schools Command CO and fellow Navy pilot killed in private plane crash
Cmdr. Joshua Fuller, left, and Capt. Vincent Segars, the commanding officer of Naval Aviation Schools Command, died Wednesday in a private plane crash. (Navy) The head of the Navy’s Aviation Schools … More
Claims Of Aircraft Carrier Vulnerability Are False, But The Versatility Is Real
Loren ThompsonSenior Contributor Aerospace & Defense Some ideas never go out of fashion, no matter how unfounded they are. One such idea is the belief that America’s large-deck, nuclear-powered aircraft … More