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Plans for a new base closing round may be running out of time: Report August 16, 2019

By: Leo Shane III Crew chiefs from the 62nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron work to repair a C-17 Globemaster III at March Air Reserve Base in California on April 3, 2019. (Airman … More »

With mounting questions about cost and survivability, a shifting political landscape for US aircraft carriers August 7, 2019

By: David B. Larter and Joe Gould The U.S. Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan cruises during Talisman Sabre 2019 on July 22, 2019, in the Coral Sea. (MC2 Kaila Peters/U.S. Navy) WASHINGTON … More »

Inhofe Takes Aim at Ford-Carrier Program Failures; CNO Nominee Gilday Promises Navy Will Do Better August 1, 2019

By: Megan Eckstein F/A-18F Pilot LCDR Jamie R. Struck the makes first carrier arrested landing using AAG system aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) off the Virginia coast. US Navy Photo … More »

If Congress fails to pass the 2020 budget, the Navy will have to delay necessary repairs on two nuclear-powered carriers, further stretching the fleet at a critical time. July 19, 2019

By PAUL MCLEARY The Nimitz-class aircraft carriers STENNIS (foreground) and REAGAN (background) operate together in the Pacific. WASHINGTON: The Navy would be forced to delay refueling of at least one … More »

Navy Reducing East Coast Flight Hours to Cover Costs of Overflying P-8s July 17, 2019

By: Megan Eckstein A P-8A Poseidon aircraft assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 45 is parked on the flight line of Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland in 2016. US Navy Photo Parts … More »

Navy Faces Time Crunch in Nominating Moran Replacement for CNO Job July 9, 2019

By: Sam LaGrone Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Bill Moran speaks to command master chiefs from around the Navy at the 2019 Leadership Mess Symposium on March 27, 2019. US … More »

Watch 2 US Navy Super Hornets ‘buzz the tower’ on the set of the new Top Gun movie July 2, 2019

Ryan Pickrell F/A-18E Super Hornets from Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 136 “Knighthawks” fly in formation during a photo exercise over Calif. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Shannon … More »

The Navy’s new $13 billion carrier has run into trouble, and the Navy has called in some outside help. July 2, 2019

By PAUL MCLEARY The USS Gerald R. Ford WASHINGTON: Increasingly concerned over technological problems plaguing its new $13 billion nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the Navy has dispatched a unique team of … More »