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Navy’s Operational F-35C Squadron Declared ‘Safe for Flight;’ Can Prepare for Evaluations, IOC December 13, 2018

By: Megan Eckstein Sailors direct an F-35C Lightning II assigned to the Argonauts of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147 on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN … More »

Why the Navy will deactivate an F-35 Squadron next year December 10, 2018

By: Mark D. Faram An F-35C Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. (Navy) The Navy will deactivate the Grim Reapers of Strike Fighter Squadron 101, consolidating all Joint Strike Fighter operations and training … More »

Marines Identify Hornet Pilot Who Died After Crash with KC-130J off Japan; 5 Marines Still Missing December 10, 2018

By: Sam LaGrone Marines with the Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Bats Squadron 242 (VMFA (AW)-242 Bats), Marine Air Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing before taking off in the F/A-18D Hornet … More »

VIDEO: Navy Conducts 21-Jet Flyover During President Bush’s Interment Ceremony December 7, 2018

By: Megan Eckstein Today the Navy flew a 21-jet flyover in honor of late naval aviator and 41st president George H.W. Bush. Bush died Nov. 30 at the age of 94. … More »

Navy Stands Up Joint Strike Fighter Wing to Oversee F-35C Operations, Training, Manning November 30, 2018

By: Megan Eckstein Two F-35C Lightning II fighter jets, attached to the “Argonauts” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147, fly in formation for a photo exercise in Lemoore, Calif., Nov. 16, … More »

Navy tells Senate it’s happy with electromagnetic catapults November 28, 2018

By Hugh Lessig Staff writer Courtesy of Courtesy of U.S. NavyAn F/A-18F Super Hornet, assigned to the “Salty Dogs” of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23, takes off from … More »

China confirms for the first time that it has a third aircraft carrier in the works November 27, 2018

Ryan Pickrell China’s aircraft carrier Liaoning takes part in a military drill of Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy in the western Pacific Ocean REUTERS/Stringer Chinese state media has confirmed for … More »

Carrier Eisenhower Leaves Repair Yard to Finish Maintenance at Naval Station Norfolk November 16, 2018

By: Megan Eckstein The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) transits the Elizabeth River during the ship’s transit to Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Va. Dwight D. Eisenhower is … More »