An F-35A Lightning II taxis before takeoff to participate in simulated defensive counter air operations Dec. 8, 2016, at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. (U.S. Air Force / Staff Sgt. … More »
By: Geoff Ziezulewicz An F/A-18 Super Hornet prepares to land on the deck of the carrier Eisenhower. Newly installed fuel tanks in the next few years will allow the Super Hornets, … More »
By: Megan Eckstein F/A-18s on the flight line at Naval Air Station Fallon, Nev. USNI News Photo This post has been updated to note that Vice Adm. Miller faced a TOPGUN … More »
By: Mark D. Faram The structural work for the Navy’s next Ford-class aircraft carrier, the John F. Kennedy, is now 70 percent complete, according to a Feb. 22 Huntington Ingalls press release. Kennedy, … More »
By: David B. Larter An EA-18G flies over the flight deck of the carrier USS Carl Vinson off the coast of Southern California. (MC3 Jake Cannady). WASHINGTON — The two-seater EA-18G … More »
By: Geoff Ziezulewicz The electromagnetic launch system on the new carrier Gerald R. Ford has issues that mean it might not be ready for the furious sortie rate of a big … More »
By: Victoria Leoni A Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 81 “Sunliners” F/A-18E Super Hornet launches from the aircraft carrier Carl Vinson. The Navy is not retaining enough pilots and is considering monetary … More »
By: Ben Werner Naval Aircrewman (Helicopter) 2nd Class Joshua White, assigned to the “Black Knights” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 4, sits in the gunner’s seat of an MH-60S Sea … More »