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Estimated $380 Billion Needed to Maintain Navy, Marine Corps Aviation Fleet in the Future January 8, 2020

By: Ben Werner Ten VFA-147 Argonaut F-35C aircraft are displayed on the flightline at Naval Air Station Lemoore (NASL). US Navy photo. The Depart of the Navy will need $380 billion … More »

Memo reveals Pentagon again tried to decommission the carrier Truman, cut an air wing December 31, 2019

By: David B. Larter The carrier Harry S. Truman, left, and the cruiser Normandy transit the Atlantic Ocean. Truman was again the target of Pentagon budget cuts until the decision was … More »

China’s Newest Aircraft Carrier Transits Taiwan Strait December 27, 2019

By: Ben Werner China’s first domestically-built aircraft carrier leaves the pier at the Dalian shipyard on May 13, 2018. Xinhua Photo China’s new aircraft carrier Shandong sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Thursday, … More »

Flame of Hope Needs Repairs November 30, 2019

Two years later, still no answers about what caused a fatal mishap November 25, 2019

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 November 22, 2019

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 November 19, 2019

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 November 13, 2019

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 »