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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New in 2018: CH-53K Super Stallion heavy-lift helos December 27, 2017
Marines with the 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment are transported by a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter near Yuma, Arizona. The Corps will get the first four CH-53K Super Stallion helicopters … More
CVN-80 Eyed For Accelerated Contracting Pilot Program, Potential 2-Carrier Buy December 20, 2017
By: Megan Eckstein Newport News Shipbuilding cut a 35-ton steel plate to kick off advance construction of the aircraft carrier Enterprise (CVN 80) on Aug. 24, 2017. Ship’s sponsors and U.S. … More
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
Marines Fly Helos with Tablets in Test of New Unmanned Aerial Resupply Scheme December 14, 2017
By: Otto Kreisher December 13, 2017 A UH-1 Huey flown autonomously by an enlisted Marine with a tablet. US Marine Corps Photo MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. – The Marines showed … More
Britain moves to restore carrier strike capability with warship commissioning December 8, 2017
Police officers are seen in front of the HMS Queen Elizabeth during its commissioning ceremony on Dec. 7, 2017, in Portsmouth, England. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images) BY: Andrew Chuter LONDON ― … 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