China stealth jet enters service, navy building ‘first class’ fleet
By Ben Blanchard China has put into service its new generation J-20 stealth fighter, a warplane it hopes will narrow the military gap with the United States, as senior … More
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Special Report : Aircraft carriers, championed by Trump, are vulnerable to attack
By Scot Paltrow | WASHINGTON Last week, President Donald J. Trump chose the deck of the newest U.S. aircraft carrier, the $13 billion USS Gerald R. Ford, for a speech … More
Trump vows to build ’12-carrier Navy’ during visit to USS Gerald R. Ford
By: Mark D. Faram BOARD THE USS GERALD R. FORD, Newport News, Va. — President Donald Trump told sailors and shipboard workers aboard the yet-to-be commissioned aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford that … More
Navy delays recycling of decommissioned USS Enterprise, which will be put in storage
By Courtney Mabeus The Virginian-Pilot The Navy says it needs more information before it can decide how to dispose of the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. As a result, it … More
Here’s how the F-35 stacks up to Russia and China’s 5th-generation aircraft
The F-35 Lightning II An F-35B begins its short takeoff from the USS America with an external weapons load. Lockheed Martin The US’s F-35 isn’t an airplane — it’s three … More
Navy Schedules Shutdown of Air Wing, Three Squadrons
By RICHARD R. BURGESS, Managing Editor ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy has set in motion plans to shut down the staff of its 10th carrier air wing and three carrier-based … More
VCNO: Navy Will Be “Flat Out Of Money” Without Supplemental Funding
By Capt Joseph R. John, February 14, 2017: Op Ed # 336 The Obama administration sliced the Pentagon budget by 52% over 8 years, putting the security of the … More
Trump flirting with big Super Hornet order
By: Valerie Insinna WASHINGTON — At the rollout of Boeing’s newest commercial airliner, President Donald Trump indicated his administration could be looking at a large Super Hornet order. Huge, even. … More