By Brock Vergakis The Virginian-Pilot NEWPORT NEWS The world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier will be decommissioned next week in what will be the final farewell to a warship that has … More »
By: The Associated Press NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The U.S. Navy says it will stick with an advanced fighter jet landing system for its new aircraft carriers, despite some initial … More »
I speak only for myself, but I suspect that I’m not the only one disappointed to hear that Congressman Randy Forbes will apparently not be the next Navy secretary. Forbes … More »
By Ciro Scotti China’s lone aircraft carrier, the retrofitted Liaoning, has spent the past several weeks cruising around the South China Sea. It recently passed through the Taiwan Strait, which … More »
By: Gidget Fuentes The first F-35C Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters will arrive on the West Coast next week as the Navy prepares to ramp up its training pipeline for … More »
By Robyn Sidersky The Virginian-Pilot Nearly 6,000 sailors will deploy with the George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group from Norfolk and another 600 will from Mayport, Fla. Saturday, according to … More »
By: The Associated Press MERIDIAN, Miss. — Officials at a Mississippi military base say a jet has crashed on a training flight, and that two people on board the plane … More »
By: The Associated Press NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The U.S. Navy says sea trials will begin in March for the first of its new class of aircraft carriers. Capt. Thurraya … More »