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Inside VMX-1, The Test Squadron Rewriting The USMC’s Air Combat Playbook
By James Deboer / Updated Mar 6, 2024
Chinese Aircraft Carrier Heads To Sea With Mockup J-35 Stealth Fighter
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Feb 29, 2024
Mockup Of China’s Stealthy J-35 Fighter Appears On Unexpected Aircraft Carrier
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Feb 13, 2024
Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier Pilot Intercepted Seven Drones (Updated)
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Feb 12, 2024
Mini Anti-Ship Cruise Missile That Fits Inside An F-35 Is On The Navy’s Wish List
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Feb 7, 2024
CMV-22B Osprey “Not Operationally Suitable” According To Test Report
By Howard Altman / Updated Feb 6, 2024
Red Sea Ship Attacks Continue After Super Hornets Strike Missiles
By Howard Altman / Updated Jan 18, 2024
No, The F-35B Does Not Use Afterburner In Vertical Landing Mode
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Dec 28, 2023
Electronic Warfare Pod To Give Navy Helicopters Anti-Ship Missile Defense Capabilities
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Dec 13, 2023
Royal Navy Activates First F-35B Unit, Big Decisions On Type’s Future Loom
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Dec 8, 2023
How The Navy Got Its P-8A Poseidon Out Of The Water In Hawaii
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Dec 4, 2023
The Bizarre Story Of How A Navy F-14 Shot Down An Air Force F-4
By Oliver Parken / Updated Oct 23, 2023
We Go In-Depth With The Navy’s First F-35 Squadron Commander
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Oct 10, 2023
Blue Angels Maneuver Filmed From Alcatraz Looks Straight Out Of ‘The Rock’
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Oct 6, 2023
XQ-58 Valkyrie Is Now Flying With The Marine Corps
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Oct 5, 2023
Navy F-16 Recovered After Running Off Runway
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Oct 4, 2023
Gorgeous Cockpit Video Of Blue Angels Flying Synchronized Loop
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Sep 25, 2023
F/A-18 Hornet Pilot Pronounced Dead In Crash At MCAS Miramar
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Aug 25, 2023
How U.S. Navy Pilots Really Get Their Callsigns
By Ben Kohlmann / Updated Aug 23, 2023
F-35 Crash Report Includes Sonar Image Of It On Seafloor
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Aug 11, 2023
F-35B Just Touched Down On The Old Pacific Coast Highway
By James Deboer / Updated Aug 2, 2023
India Clears The Way For Naval Rafale Fighter Purchase
By Thomas Newdick and Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 13, 2023
Aircraft Carriers With Rubber Decks Were A Bad Idea
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jul 7, 2023
F/A-18’s Infrared Search And Track System Plagued By Delays
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jun 9, 2023
Navy Aggressor F-5 Crashes Off Key West
By Thomas Newdick / Updated May 31, 2023
Shockwaves Bend Light Around Transonic F-35C In Spectacular Images
By Thomas Newdick / Updated May 19, 2023
F-22 Raptor Badly Damaged After Belly Landing Flies Again
By Oliver Parken / Updated May 9, 2023
EA-18G Growler Pilot Talks You Through His Aerial Refueling Frustrations
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Mar 29, 2023
How The Blue Angels Pulled Off Landing All Their A-4 Skyhawks At Once
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Mar 21, 2023
Navy’s Secretive F/A-XX Combat Jet Gets Big Funding In New Budget (Updated)
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Mar 13, 2023
Reviving The Use Of Navy Tactical Jets As Submarine-Hunters
By Kevin Noonan / Updated Feb 23, 2023
F/A-18 Super Hornet In Retro Gloss Black Paint Scheme Emerges
By Jamie Hunter / Updated Feb 22, 2023
Hawker Hunter Aggressor Pilot Recounts Ejection Right Out Of Top Gun
By Jan Tegler / Updated Feb 16, 2023
Navy Pilot Who Secretly Killed Four MiGs On One Mission Finally Recognized
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jan 24, 2023
New USMC CH-53K King Stallion Helicopter Sling-Loads An F-35 (Updated)
By Oliver Parken / Updated Jan 24, 2023
Inside How The Marine’s Island-Hopping F-35B Playbook Is Being Written
By James Deboer / Updated Jan 18, 2023
How Marines Went To War Off California To Prepare For A Big Pacific Fight
By James Deboer / Updated Dec 28, 2022
USMC’s New CH-53K King Stallion Cleared For Full-Rate Production
By Dan Parsons / Updated Dec 27, 2022
The F-35B Can Eject Its Pilot Automatically
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Dec 21, 2022
Ex-Marine Pilot Allegedly Tried To Source T-2 Carrier Trainer Jet For China
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Dec 14, 2022
Marine Corps F-35B Ends Up Nose-Down In Japan
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Dec 1, 2022
China’s J-15 Naval Fighter Is Now Powered By Locally Made Engines
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Nov 23, 2022
The Last Marine AH-1 Delivered Marking Beginning Of The End Of The Huey Era
By Dan Parsons / Updated Nov 2, 2022
Here’s Why A Toilet Is Hanging On A Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet’s Wing
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Sep 18, 2022
Our Best Look Yet At The Navy’s New Air Defense Busting Missile
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Aug 30, 2022
Navy F-35C Surfaces Wearing New Mirror-Like Skin (Updated)
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Aug 25, 2022
Navy T-45C Jet Trainer Crashes Into Texas Field
By Oliver Parken / Updated Aug 16, 2022
The Harriers Are Gone But Thailand’s Unlikely Aircraft Carrier Sails On
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Aug 12, 2022
Keeping The E-2D Advanced Hawkeye On Top Into the 2040s
By Howard Altman / Updated Aug 4, 2022
Navy T-45 Goshawk Trainers Being Upgraded With Swept Engine Inlets
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Aug 3, 2022
Our Best Look Yet At China’s J-15S Two-Seat Carrier-Capable Fighter
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Aug 1, 2022
Navy Helicopters Flipped Over By Storm In Norfolk (Updated)
By Emma Helfrich / Updated Jul 27, 2022
Watch F/A-18 Super Hornets Complete Ski-Jump Tests For Indian Navy (Updated)
By Emma Helfrich / Updated Jul 20, 2022
Meet Lt. Amanda “Stalin” Lee, First Woman Blue Angels Jet Demo Pilot
By Howard Altman / Updated Jul 18, 2022
First Woman Blue Angels Jet Demonstration Pilot Selected (Updated)
By Howard Altman / Updated Jul 17, 2022
New CMV-22B Osprey “A Game-Changer,” Says Navy Air Boss
By Howard Altman / Updated Jul 14, 2022
This Wacky Wireframe Fighter Replica Is Used On India’s Newest Carrier
By Emma Helfrich / Updated Jul 11, 2022
Navy’s Global Hawks Come Home After Unexpected 13-Year Deployment
By Emma Helfrich / Updated Jun 23, 2022
F-35B Delivered By Offshore Supply Ship To NAS Pensacola
By Stetson Payne / Updated Jun 18, 2022
Navy’s Peculiar Plan To Retire EA-18 Growlers Is Up In The Air
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 17, 2022
Cascading Issues Keeping Air Force, Navy Planes Grounded Watchdog Says
By Howard Altman / Updated Jun 16, 2022
Navy, Marine Aviation Takes ‘Safety Pause’ Today After Recent Crashes
By Howard Altman / Updated Jun 13, 2022
Navy MH-60S Seahawk Helicopter Crashes In Southern California
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jun 10, 2022
Remembering The Navy’s Doomed Aircraft-Carrying Airships
By Thomas Newdick / Updated May 27, 2022