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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 »

Super Hornet Crashes in the Philippine Sea, Both Aviators Safely Recovered November 13, 2018

By: Sam LaGrone An F/A-18F Super Hornet lands on the flight deck of the Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) during Keen Sword 19 on Oct. 31, 2018. US … More »

HII: Future Carrier John F. Kennedy Construction Costs Down, Ship Will Launch Next Year November 12, 2018

By: Ben Werner The final piece of the underwater hull of the future aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) is lowered into place at Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News … More »

As It Begins Its Second Century, Is the Aircraft Carrier Obsolete? November 6, 2018

By Kyle Mizokami Nov 5, 2018 U.S. NAVY PHOTO BY MASS COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST 3RD CLASS THOMAS BONAPARTE JR. The HMS Hermes arrived too late to change the course of the First World War. But … More »