Sailors man the rails as the aircraft carrier USS George Washington prepares to depart Yokosuka Naval Base on May 24, 2014. Erik Slavin/Stars and Stripes YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — … More »
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush transits the Gulf of Aden on March 22, 2014. David Guerra/U.S. Navy WASHINGTON — Extending deployments to compensate for a smaller carrier … More »
Helicopter loss, 2 deaths in Red Sea accident blamed on lack of caution By Jeanette Steele A Navy investigation released Monday lays some blame on the former skipper of a … More »
By Colin Clark WASHINGTON: Do not expect any official confirmation, but the British will allow Lockheed Martin’s F-35B to make its first flight outside of the United States on July … More »
By Bill Bartel The Virginian-Pilot © May 14, 2014 The defense industry in Hampton Roads – jittery about big reductions in military spending – likes what it sees in Congress’s … More »
By Corinne Reilly The Virginian-Pilot © May 10, 2014 The paper had been generating a buzz for weeks when it showed up in Ben Kohlmann’s inbox in early April. Authored … More »
The aircraft carrier Saratoga, here underway in 1992, will head to the scrapyard after the Navy paid a salvage company 1 cent to take the former flattop apart. (PH3 Bruce … More »
By JOHN T. BENNETT WASHINGTON — A US House panel on Wednesday approved provisions restricting the Air Force’s ability to retire its E-3 warning aircraft, encouraging the Navy to build … More »