New fliers picked for 2016 Blue Angels season July 13, 2015
By Meghann Myers, Staff writer Four sailors and one Marine are set to join the Blue Angels for next year’s season, according to a July 10 announcement on the team’s … More
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Navy Likely To Fill “Carrier Gap;” Readiness Will Suffer July 8, 2015
By SYDNEY J. FREEDBERG JR. on July 07, 2015 at 1:41 PM WASHINGTON: The Navy says it won’t have an aircraft carrier in the Middle East for a couple of … More
Navy makes plans to order 29 new P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol jets for U.S. and Australia July 8, 2015
July 7, 2015 By John Keller Editor PATUXENT RIVER NAS, Md., 7 July 2015. U.S. Navy surveillance aircraft experts are making plans to order 29 new Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol … More
Retired Admirals Decry Lack of Carriers in Persian Gulf July 8, 2015
By Taylor Feuss A carrier gap in the Persian Gulf will make U.S. forces more vulnerable as they grow more embroiled in a conflict with the so-called Islamic State, … More
Navy pilots, aircrews say wave danger all too common July 6, 2015
By Meghann Myers and David Larter, Staff writers Landing on a surface combatant’s one-spot helicopter pad is hazardous duty, where rolls from side to side and waves are all too … More
US Navy Doesn’t Have Enough Ships To Send Marines To Crisis Zones, May Borrow Foreign Vessels: Report July 2, 2015
By Christopher Harress The USS America (LHA-6) America-class amphibious assault ship sits docked in San Diego, California, April 12, 2015.REUTERS/Louis Nastro The U.S. military is facing fresh concerns over its … More
USS Truman completes training hurdle July 2, 2015
By Ali Rockett Daily Press (Newport News, Va.) NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Tribune News Service) — Aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman successfully completed two training hurdles in the Atlantic this … More
In Oceana visit, Adm. Greenert hopeful for Super Hornet upgrades July 1, 2015
By Dianna Cahn The Virginian-Pilot VIRGINIA BEACH The last time the Chief of Naval Operations visited Oceana Naval Air Station, the base was eerily quiet, with grass grown so high … More