By Courtney Mabeus and Brock Vergakis The Virginian-Pilot NORFOLK Eight sailors working on the flight deck of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower were injured Friday when a cable used to … More »
By Bill Bartel An in-depth national survey of voters, including hundreds of Virginians, reveals serious doubts about keeping a fleet of 11 aircraft carriers, building the new Joint Strike Fighter … More »
U.S. flattops are not significantly more vulnerable today. It is our frame of reference that has changed. By Michael Carl Haas Over the last several months, the debate about the … More »
By David Larter, Navy Times This article first appeared March 3 at 4:15 p.m. and has been updated The U.S. Navy has dispatched a small armada to the South China Sea. The carrier … More »
BY: STEPHEN TRIMBLE A Norwegian fighter pilot has published a soft rebuttal to a damaging critique leaked last summer about the Lockheed Martin F-35A’s dogfighting prowess, contradicting many of the … More »
KRIS OSBORN The Navy is preparing to accept delivery of the new USS Gerald R. Ford later this year The Navy may consider alternative aircraft carrier configurations in coming years … More »
By Mike Hixenbaugh and Jason Paladino After more than a decade of relentless combat, the Marine Corps’ workhorse helicopter, the CH-53E Super Stallion, is in dire need of attention, according … More »
By Thomas Gibbons-Neff The United States’ aircraft carriers have always been an almost untouchable deterrent, steel behemoths capable of projecting the full weight of the U.S. military wherever they deploy. Yet while … More »