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Navy considers opening parts of Oceana to public, leasing land for development September 18, 2019

By: Brock Vergakis, The Virginian-Pilot As Matt Tusen photographs the aircraft at left, Terra Tusen holds their dog, Zeus, as a passing Navy jet approaches to land at Oceana Naval … More »

Escorts Deploy Without USS Harry S. Truman as East Coast Carrier Shortage Persists September 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 This post has … More »

T-45C Goshawk Trainers On Track To Qualify For Landing On Ford-Class Carriers September 11, 2019

By: Ben Werner JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. – The T-45C Goshawk began Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) performance testing at the Runway Arrested Landing Site (RALS) located at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New … More »

Four aircraft damaged in carrier ‘bolter’ mishap August 21, 2019

By: Geoff Ziezulewicz An E-2D Hawkeye assigned to the “Bluetails” of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 121 on the deck of the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln in July. One of the … More »

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 »