New in 2018: Aviators need better air January 2, 2018
By: Geoff Ziezulewicz Fixing persisting cockpit oxygen issues will be one of the top tasks the Navy seeks to tackle in 2018. (MC2 Sean M. Castellano/Navy) It was a rough 2017 … More
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F-35C Aviators Carrier Qualify Aboard USS Abraham Lincoln December 19, 2017
An F-35C Lightning II assigned to the Grim Reapers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 101 lands on the flight deck of aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72). Abraham Lincoln is … More
T-45s to get new oxygen monitoring system by February December 14, 2017
By: Valerie Insinna WASHINGTON — In response to a growing number of physiological episodes where pilots reported feeling dangerously short of oxygen, the U.S. Navy will equip all of its T-45 … More
Tricare contractor sending ‘corrected letters’ to retirees about payments December 8, 2017
By: Karen Jowers A letter mistakenly sent to an unknown number of military retirees regarding their Tricare payments ― one that sought personal financial details and threatened a possible “interruption” … More
Pilot error cited in Super Hornet crash November 30, 2017
By: Geoff Ziezulewicz A Super Hornet pilot who ejected from his jet April 21 in the West Pacific was less than 950 feet above the water when he got out … More
Engine failure was likely a factor in deadly C-2 plane crash, Navy sources say November 28, 2017
by Jamie McIntyre | Nov 27, 2017 The C-2 crashed into the Philippine Sea Nov. 22. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File) A U.S. Navy C-2 Greyhound transport plane suffered an engine failure shortly before … More
A US Navy pilot pulled off a heroic landing that saved 8 after engine failure en route to aircraft carrier November 24, 2017
ALEX LOCKIE Nov 24th 2017 The US Navy has called off its search for three missing sailors after a C-2 Greyhound aircraft crashed on approach to the USS Ronald Reagan … More
U.S. Navy plane crashes in Philippine Sea, three missing November 22, 2017
Reuters Staff TOKYO (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy transport plane carrying 11 people crashed in the Philippine Sea south of Japan on Wednesday as it flew to the aircraft carrier … More