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Schedule at Risk for Navy F-35C Fighters to be Combat Ready by End of Year March 30, 2018

By: Ben Werner An F-35C Lightning II assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 101 is positioned on the bow catapults of the Nimitz-Class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) March 17, … More »

Navy conducts F-35C qualifications aboard aircraft carrier March 27, 2018

By: Geoff Ziezulewicz An F-35C Lightning II performs a touch and go on the carrier Abraham Lincoln during recent carrier qualifications. (MCS Mark Logico/Navy) The F-35C Lightning II recently completed qualifications … More »

Growing Demand for Civilian Pilots Push Navy to Triple Bonuses for Some Senior Aviators March 22, 2018

By: Ben Werner Pilots assigned to the “Bounty Hunters” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 2 observe Capt. Tom Barber, commander, Carrier Air Wing 2, and Cmdr. Jason Hutcherson, commanding officer of … More »

Lawmakers chide Navy for failing to share details of Growler mishap March 21, 2018

By: Geoff Ziezulewicz Lawmakers are asking why Navy officials did not share details of a harrowing physiological episode on a Growler jet during a House hearing about such problems that was … More »

Navy Weighs Buying Two More Costly Carriers in One Big Contract March 20, 2018

By Anthony Capaccio Huntington Ingalls asked to propose significant savings Navy Ford-class program could see expansion to four ships The U.S. Navy is exploring whether it can achieve significant savings … More »

U.S. Evolving Middle East Operations of Carrier Strike Group as ISIS Loses Ground, Iranian Drones Make Daily Appearances March 19, 2018

By: Megan Eckstein An F-18 lands aboard carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) during flight operations in the Persian Gulf on March 10, 2018. USNI News photo. Correction: A previous version of … More »

UPDATED: Two Aviators Killed After Super Hornet Crash off Key West March 15, 2018

By: Sam LaGrone An F/A 18F Super Hornet, assigned to the “Blacklions” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 213, flies over the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) during flight operations. US … More »

Two aviators die after Oceana-based fighter jet crashes near Key West March 15, 2018

By Courtney Mabeus – The Virginian-Pilot Photo by Barbie Wilson, who said she witnessed the crash. Two Navy aviators from the Naval Air Station Oceana-based Strike Fighter Squadron 213 died Wednesday … More »