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USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Oct. 15, 2018 October 16, 2018

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 Oct. 15, 2018, based on Navy and … 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 »

Navy’s COD Transition from C-2A to CMV-22B Accelerated; First V-22 Deployment Set for 2021 October 2, 2018

By: Megan Eckstein Concept art of the CMV-22 follow-on carrier onboard delivery aircraft. Boeing Image The Navy has accelerated the sunset of its legacy C-2A Greyhound cargo airplanes and the transition … More »

Navy Creates New Flight Instructor Billet Outside of Traditional Career Path October 1, 2018

By: Megan Eckstein Marine Corps Capt. Chris Latimer, left, an instructor pilot for Training Squadron (VT) 31, and Ensign Marvin Smith, a student naval aviator, conduct pre-operation procedures before a training … 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 »

Marine Corps F-35 flies first combat mission in Afghanistan September 28, 2018

By: Tara Copp and Valerie Insinna The U.S. Marine Corps F-35B joint strike fighter has successfully conducted its first combat mission over Afghanistan, U.S. officials confirmed to Military Times. The strikes, carried out by F-35Bs … More »

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Repair Period Triples in Length; Carrier Will be in Yard Until 2019 September 25, 2018

By: Megan Eckstein Capt. Kyle P. Higgins, commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), addresses the crew during an Aug. 18, 2018, all-hands call on the … More »

‘WATCH YOUR DECK!’ The story behind last summer’s Tiger II crash September 21, 2018

By: Geoff Ziezulewicz An F-5 Tiger II off from a runway on Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada, in 2014. (U.S. Navy photo) Routine flight training nearly turned deadly last year when … More »