USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: May 9, 2022 May 10, 2022
USNI News Graphic These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of May 9, 2022, based on … More
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Carrier USS George Washington Mid-Life Overhaul Will Extend into 2023 May 3, 2022
By: Sam LaGrone USS George Washington (CVN-73) in 2020. US Navy THE PENTAGON – The mid-life repair and refueling of carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73) will extend into 2023 and last well over … More
Navy’s F/A-XX Fighter Will be the ‘Quarterback’ for a Team of Unmanned Aircraft April 29, 2022
By: Mallory Shelbourne An F/A-18F Super Hornet, attached to the ‘Red Rippers’ of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 11, lands on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. … More
Navy marks the 100th anniversary of the service’s aircraft carriers March 23, 2022
By Diana Stancy Correll Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier Nimitz assemble on the flight deck and form a human “100” to commemorate the centennial of the aircraft carrier. (MC3 Elliot Schaudt/Navy) Aircraft … More
Carrier George Washington running more than a year behind schedule March 21, 2022
By Megan Eckstein Rear Adm. John Meier (middle), Commander of Naval Air Force Atlantic, discusses flight deck progress with the senior leadership of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN … More
UPDATED: Navy Recovers Crashed F-35C From Depths of South China Sea March 4, 2022
By: Sam LaGrone A Navy F-35C on the deck of DSCV Picasso following a March 2, 2022 recovery from 12,400 feet under the South China Sea. US Navy Photo This post … More
Carrier USS Gerald R. Ford Wraps Up Maintenance Availability March 2, 2022
By: Mallory Shelbourne Master-at-Arms Seaman Robert Rowe, from Lansing, Kansas, assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN-78) security department, stands transit watch during a sea and anchor evolution on the flight … More
Naval Safety Command established in Norfolk Friday February 5, 2022
By: Sarah Fearing NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — The U.S. Navy has established a new command focused on non-nuclear safety standards, expertise and oversight of the Navy and Marine Corps Safety … More