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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 »

Navy Reducing East Coast Flight Hours to Cover Costs of Overflying P-8s July 17, 2019

By: Megan Eckstein A P-8A Poseidon aircraft assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 45 is parked on the flight line of Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland in 2016. US Navy Photo Parts … More »

Navy Faces Time Crunch in Nominating Moran Replacement for CNO Job July 9, 2019

By: Sam LaGrone Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Bill Moran speaks to command master chiefs from around the Navy at the 2019 Leadership Mess Symposium on March 27, 2019. US … More »

Watch 2 US Navy Super Hornets ‘buzz the tower’ on the set of the new Top Gun movie July 2, 2019

Ryan Pickrell F/A-18E Super Hornets from Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 136 “Knighthawks” fly in formation during a photo exercise over Calif. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Shannon … More »

The Navy’s new $13 billion carrier has run into trouble, and the Navy has called in some outside help. July 2, 2019

By PAUL MCLEARY The USS Gerald R. Ford WASHINGTON: Increasingly concerned over technological problems plaguing its new $13 billion nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the Navy has dispatched a unique team of … More »

Navy Flyers Training With Marine V-22s Ahead of COD Transition June 12, 2019

By: Ben Werner A Marine Corps. MV-22B Osprey flown by Navy pilots takes off from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) on April 30, 2019. … More »

Nimitz and Ford Carriers Need Upgrades to Deploy With F-35Cs June 7, 2019

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 Recovers C-2A from Fatal 2017 Crash from 3 Miles Underwater June 6, 2019

By: Sam LaGrone A C-2A Greyhound assigned to the “Providers” of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron (VRC) 30 on Aug. 18, 2017. US Navy Photo A year and a half after a … More »