UPDATED: USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Aug. 1, 2022
USNI News Graphic This post has been updated to show USS America (LHA-6) is in port in Sasesbo Japan. These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier … More
Author Archives: Charles Walker
Navy Blue Angels’ Buzzing of Buildings Is Up in the Air a Year After a Flyby Injured a Dozen
The U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, perform the Diamond 360 maneuver over Orlando Melbourne International Airport during a practice flight for the Great Florida Airshow, May 13, … More
Bush Carrier Strike Group Wraps Pre-Deployment Exercise, Set to Relieve Truman CSG
By: Sam LaGrone Naval Aircrewman (Helicopter) 3rd Class Taquan West, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 5, keeps watch over the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) and … More
No, aircraft carriers will not be useless in a war with China
A lot would have to align before China’s military could successfully hit a carrier at sea with a ballistic missile under wartime conditions. BY JAMES SEDDON An F-35C Lightening II carrier … More
China launches third aircraft carrier
By Mike Yeo Colored smoke marks the launch ceremony for China’s third aircraft carrier, christened Fujian. This is the first such ship to be both designed and built entirely within the … More
Naval aviation commanders offered $100,000 retention bonus
By Diana Stancy Correll An F/A-18F Super Hornet, attached to the “Red Rippers” of Strike Fighter Squadron 11, launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman … More
Navy Relieves Growler Squadron Commander Aboard USS Harry S. Truman
By: Mallory Shelbourne Cmdr. Matthew McCormick. US Navy Photo The Navy on Wednesday relieved the commanding officer of the electronic attack squadrons aboard aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75), the service announced. … More
Naval aviation needs a plan to get out of the ‘danger zone’
BY BRYAN CLARK & TIMOTHY WALTON The arrival this month of Top Gun’s long-awaited sequel perfectly captures the problem facing U.S. naval aviation. The 1986 original took place during the late Cold War … More