Crashed Marine jet from SD air wing March 4, 2014
Pilot from another unit died training at TOPGUN, in loaner jet By Gretel C. Kovach12:14 p.m.March 3, 2014 The F/A-18C Hornet jet that crashed Saturday during a training flight in western … More
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Boeing May Slow F/A-18 Plane Output To Keep Line Going Longer March 3, 2014
(REUTERS 02 MAR 14) … Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON – Boeing Co is considering a slower build rate and other options to keep production of its EA-18G electronic attack planes running … More
Analysis – Ukraine Crisis Gives NATO, West No Good Options March 3, 2014
(REUTERS 02 MAR 14) … Peter Apps LONDON – With Western powers increasingly concluding Ukraine has lost Crimea to Russia, the U.S. and its allies face few viable options and … More
Top Enlisted Members: Don’t Mess With Commissaries February 28, 2014
(NAVY TIMES 26 FEB 14) … Karen Jowers The Marine Corps’ senior enlisted adviser told lawmakers Wednesday that he believes focusing on the commissary benefit as a potential source of … More
Boeing Wins $2.1 Billion Contract For 16 More P-8 Spy Planes February 27, 2014
(REUTERS 26 FEB 14) WASHINGTON – Boeing Co. has been awarded a $2.1 billion contract to build 16 P-8A Poseidon long-range maritime spy planes for the U.S. Navy, the U.S. … More
Cracking Found In Marine Joint Strike Fighter Won’t Delay Program February 25, 2014
(U.S. NAVAL INSTITUTE NEWS 24 FEB 14) … Dave Majumdar Lockheed Martin and the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) have discovered additional structural cracks on the U.S. Marine Corps version … More
Remembering flights of the Intruder February 25, 2014
Written by Rob Johnson Dismissed by some fighter pilots as a “Flying Pig” and branded as slow because of its subsonic top speed, no combat aircraft in history inspires more … More
40 Years Of Women In Naval Aviation February 24, 2014
(NAVY LIVE BLOG 21 FEB 14) … Vice Adm. Nora Tyson On March 2, 1973, thanks to the innovative leadership of Secretary of the Navy John Warner, the Navy ended … More