Author Archives: Charles Walker
Former 4-Star Fleet Commanders: Don’t give up on carriers
By: Adms. (Ret.) Robert J. Natter and Samuel J. Locklear The aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln, left, the air-defense destroyer HMS Defender and the destroyer Farragut transit the Strait of Hormuz on … More
Two years later, still no answers about what caused a fatal mishap
By: Geoff Ziezulewicz A C-2A Greyhound aircraft crash on Nov. 22, 2017, in the West Pacific took the lives of, from left, Lt. Steven Combs, Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Equipment) Airman Matthew … More
Royal Navy Intends HMS Queen Elizabeth to be Integrated into U.S. Carrier Operations
By: Ben Werner HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) in the Chesapeake Bay outside Annapolis, 21 November 2019. USNI News photo ABOARD HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH, IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY — The U.K. Royal Navy intends … More
An open letter to the leaders of Marine aviation
By: Col. Tom Hewes (Retired) The Dec. 6, 2018, midair collision is, sadly, a damning indictment of the leadership at every level of Marine aviation, this retired Marine colonel says. (Lance … More
Carrier USS Harry S. Truman Fixed, Set to Deploy Soon
By: Megan Eckstein USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75), front, and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG-60) transit the Atlantic Ocean on July 18, 2019. US Navy Photo Aircraft carrier USS Harry … More
Ford Aircraft Carriers Not Ready For F-35s, So Aging Vinson Gets The Call
The long road the F-35 took to finally being ready to deploy has forced the Navy’s new $13 billion carrier class to leave the plane behind — for now at … More
All 6 East Coast Carriers In Dock, Not Deployed: Hill Asks Why
As the Navy scrambles to get enough parts and people to move carriers back out to sea, it’s facing a crowded waterfront at Norfolk. By PAUL MCLEARY USS Dwight D. … More