Navy Seeks $30 Million to Fix Gear That Hobbled Its New Carrier
By Anthony Capaccio The Navy is asking Congress to shift $30 million from other accounts to start repairing a damaged gear on the service’s costliest warship, the Gerald R. Ford … More
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USS Carl Vinson flies last legacy Hornets during RIMPAC drills
An F/A-18E Super Hornet taxis by an F/A-18C Hornet on the USS Carl Vinson off the coast of Hawaii, Saturday, July 21, 2018. HONOLULU — This month’s Rim of the … More
Blue Angels’ Fat Albert Flies Again After Yearlong Grounding
The U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels’ C-130, Fat Albert, passes in front of the crowd at the 2018 Pensacola Beach Air Show, July 14, 2018. (U.S. Navy … More
UPDATED: USS Harry S. Truman Now Operating in Cold War Era Submarine Hot Spot
By: Sam LaGrone and Megan Eckstein USS Normandy (CG-60) steams alongside the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) on Jul 8, 2018. US Navy Photo This post has been … More
Carrier USS Gerald R. Ford Enters Year-Long Post-Shakedown Maintenance and Upgrade Period
By: Ben Werner Sailors assigned to the deck department of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) off-load Mark 8 life rafts from the ship’s flight deck on July 8, … More
All-Navy Crew Flies MV-22 Osprey for the First Time
By: Ben Werner Rear Adm. Roy Kelley, Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic, shakes hands with Naval Aircrewman (Mechanical) 1st Class Timothy Saye, an MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft crew chief assigned to … More
Essex Amphibious Ready Group Quietly Deployed on Tuesday with Marine F-35s
By: Sam LaGrone USS Essex departing Naval Station San Diego, Calif. on July 10, 2018. Photo via Facebook This post has been updated to include a statement from U.S. Pacific Fleet. … More
Marines, Navy Evaluating Air Force’s Light Attack Aircraft Experiment
By: Sam LaGrone An Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano A-29 experimental aircraft flies over White Sands Missile Range in 2017. US Air Force Photo This post has been updated to clarify … More