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VIDEO: Navy Says Russian Su-27 Intercepts U.S. EP-3 Over Black Sea in ‘Unsafe’ Maneuver November 6, 2018

By: Megan Eckstein Screen capture from video of a Su-27 conducting an unsafe intercept of a Navy EP-3E Aries II over the Black Sea on Nov. 5, 2018, US Navy Image … More »

Russia’s only aircraft carrier, in port for upgrades, is damaged in dock accident November 1, 2018

By MATTHEW BODNER Russia’s only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, tied up in port in Murmansk in 2009. One person was missing and four others injured Oct. 30, 2018, after a … More »

Here’s why a Navy Super Hornet crashed in Bahrain last year October 23, 2018

By: Geoff Ziezulewicz An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the “Blue Diamonds” of Strike Fighter Squadron 146 launches off the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier Nimitz last year. Officials blamed … More »

80 Percent of F-35s Cleared to Resume Flight Operations October 16, 2018

By: Ben Werner Capt. Andrew “Dojo” Olson, F-35 Heritage Flight Team pilot and commander, performs a tactical pitch maneuver in an F-35A Lightning II during the California Capital Airshow on Sept. … More »

SECDEF Mattis Wants 80 Percent of Super Hornets Mission Capable by Next Year October 10, 2018

By: Sam LaGrone Airman Louis Calderon wipes down the window of an F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the “Fighting Checkmates” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 211 on the flight deck aboard … More »

Has safety improved a year after Navy and Marine aviation crisis? October 8, 2018

By: Tara Copp An F/A-18E Super Hornet from the “Fighting Checkmates” of Strike Fighter Squadron 211 flies by the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman, which was sailing in the Mediterranean Sea … More »

F-35B Crashes Near Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort; Local Sheriff Says Pilot Ejected Safely October 1, 2018

By: Megan Eckstein An F-35B launches off the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD-1) on March 11, 2018. US Navy Photo This post has been updated, and … More »

First F-35Bs Operate off of HMS Queen Elizabeth as U.K. Works Toward a Native Carrier Strike Group October 1, 2018

By: Sam LaGrone Cmdr. Nathan Gray RN, Makes the first ever F-35B Lightning II jet take off from HMS Queen Elizabeth on Sept. 25, 2018. Royal Navy Photo ABOARD HMS QUEEN … More »