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Video Showing Harrowing F-35 Crash Aboard USS Carl Vinson Leaked (Updated)
Naval Aviation

Video Showing Harrowing F-35 Crash Aboard USS Carl Vinson Leaked (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Feb 7, 2022

Why Fighter Pilots Work Intensely For Eight Hours Just To Fly For 30 Minutes
Naval Aviation

Why Fighter Pilots Work Intensely For Eight Hours Just To Fly For 30 Minutes

By Colin 'Farva' Price

Updated on Feb 1, 2022

The F-35C’s Radar-Absorbent Skin Is Looking Pretty Rough After Months At Sea
Naval Aviation

The F-35C’s Radar-Absorbent Skin Is Looking Pretty Rough After Months At Sea

By Thomas Newdick and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jan 30, 2022

Video Shows The Last Moments Of The Navy’s F-35C Before It Crashed Into The Sea (Updated)
Naval Aviation

Video Shows The Last Moments Of The Navy’s F-35C Before It Crashed Into The Sea (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Jan 28, 2022

Navy Exploring Options For Recovering F-35C That Fell Into The South China Sea
Naval Aviation

Navy Exploring Options For Recovering F-35C That Fell Into The South China Sea

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jan 25, 2022

F-35C Accident Aboard Carrier In South China Sea Forces Pilot To Eject, Injures Seven Sailors (Updated)
Naval Aviation

F-35C Accident Aboard Carrier In South China Sea Forces Pilot To Eject, Injures Seven Sailors (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jan 24, 2022

750 F-35s Now Delivered, Navy To Put Some Of Its Oldest Test Models Into Storage
Naval Aviation

750 F-35s Now Delivered, Navy To Put Some Of Its Oldest Test Models Into Storage

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 4, 2022

French Rafale Naval Fighters Are Headed To India For Ski Jump Carrier Launch Tests
Naval Aviation

French Rafale Naval Fighters Are Headed To India For Ski Jump Carrier Launch Tests

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Jan 3, 2022

The Wreck Of A Crashed British F-35 Has Been Pulled Out Of The Mediterranean
Naval Aviation

The Wreck Of A Crashed British F-35 Has Been Pulled Out Of The Mediterranean

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Dec 8, 2021

China’s New Carrier-Capable Stealth Fighter’s Canopy Is Its Most Intriguing Feature
Naval Aviation

China’s New Carrier-Capable Stealth Fighter’s Canopy Is Its Most Intriguing Feature

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Dec 1, 2021

Dramatic Footage Supposedly Of The Moment An F-35 Crashed Off A British Carrier Emerges
Naval Aviation

Dramatic Footage Supposedly Of The Moment An F-35 Crashed Off A British Carrier Emerges

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Nov 29, 2021

Top Gun: Maverick’s Massive Support From The U.S. Military Is Laid Out In These Documents
Naval Aviation

Top Gun: Maverick’s Massive Support From The U.S. Military Is Laid Out In These Documents

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Nov 17, 2021

HMS Queen Elizabeth Is First British Carrier To Send Jets Into Combat In Over Two Decades (Updated)
Naval Aviation

HMS Queen Elizabeth Is First British Carrier To Send Jets Into Combat In Over Two Decades (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Nov 17, 2021

F-35 From The Carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth Has Crashed Into The Sea (Updated)
Naval Aviation

F-35 From The Carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth Has Crashed Into The Sea (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Nov 17, 2021

Inside The Navy’s Top Aggressor Squadron That Is About To Trade Its Hornets For Super Hornets
Naval Aviation

Inside The Navy’s Top Aggressor Squadron That Is About To Trade Its Hornets For Super Hornets

By Jamie Hunter

Updated on Nov 1, 2021

U.S. Navy Adversary Unit Reveals Super Hornet Masquerading As Russia’s Top Fighter
Naval Aviation

U.S. Navy Adversary Unit Reveals Super Hornet Masquerading As Russia’s Top Fighter

By Jamie Hunter

Updated on Nov 1, 2021

These Are The Proposed Paint Schemes For The Navy’s New Adversary Super Hornets
Naval Aviation

These Are The Proposed Paint Schemes For The Navy’s New Adversary Super Hornets

By Jamie Hunter

Updated on Nov 1, 2021

China’s National Insignia Appears On U.S. Navy Adversary F/A-18 Hornet
Naval Aviation

China’s National Insignia Appears On U.S. Navy Adversary F/A-18 Hornet

By Joseph Trevithick and Jamie Hunter

Updated on Nov 1, 2021

The Navy Just Released Its Vision For Its Future F/A-XX Next Generation Strike Fighter
Naval Aviation

The Navy Just Released Its Vision For Its Future F/A-XX Next Generation Strike Fighter

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Oct 30, 2021

China’s Carrier-Capable Naval Stealth Fighter Has Flown
Naval Aviation

China’s Carrier-Capable Naval Stealth Fighter Has Flown

By Thomas Newdick and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Oct 29, 2021

Watch A Royal Navy Wildcat Helicopter Fire Its First Operational Martlet Missile
Naval Aviation

Watch A Royal Navy Wildcat Helicopter Fire Its First Operational Martlet Missile

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Oct 22, 2021

Navy Follows Air Force In Wanting Another Jet Trainer Variant For Aggressor And Support Roles
Naval Aviation

Navy Follows Air Force In Wanting Another Jet Trainer Variant For Aggressor And Support Roles

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Oct 22, 2021

Royal Navy Is Experimenting With Launching Jet-Powered Drones From Its New Carriers
Naval Aviation

Royal Navy Is Experimenting With Launching Jet-Powered Drones From Its New Carriers

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Oct 1, 2021

Confessions Of A Navy F-14 Fleet Pilot Turned F-5 Aggressor
Naval Aviation

Confessions Of A Navy F-14 Fleet Pilot Turned F-5 Aggressor

By Francesco "Paco" Chierici and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Sep 28, 2021

Confessions Of An A-6 Intruder Pilot
Naval Aviation

Confessions Of An A-6 Intruder Pilot

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Sep 28, 2021

The Navy Has Received Its First Block III F/A-18 Super Hornets
Naval Aviation

The Navy Has Received Its First Block III F/A-18 Super Hornets

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Sep 27, 2021

This Is The Most Incredible Super Hornet Footage We Have Ever Seen
Naval Aviation

This Is The Most Incredible Super Hornet Footage We Have Ever Seen

By Thomas Newdick and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Sep 23, 2021

Navy Pilot Was Electrocuted By Power Lines After Ejecting From T-45 Jet Trainer: Report
Naval Aviation

Navy Pilot Was Electrocuted By Power Lines After Ejecting From T-45 Jet Trainer: Report

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Sep 20, 2021

New Navy Task Force Will Be All About Bringing Unmanned Capabilities To The Middle East
Naval Aviation

New Navy Task Force Will Be All About Bringing Unmanned Capabilities To The Middle East

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 9, 2021

Navy Halts Plans To Give Its Super Hornets Conformal Fuel Tanks (Updated)
Naval Aviation

Navy Halts Plans To Give Its Super Hornets Conformal Fuel Tanks (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 26, 2021

Navy Fighters Are Flying Armed Overwatch Missions Over Kabul
Naval Aviation

Navy Fighters Are Flying Armed Overwatch Missions Over Kabul

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 19, 2021

Veteran S-3 Viking Crewman Breaks Down Everything Happening In This E-2 Hawkeye Carrier Launch Video
Naval Aviation

Veteran S-3 Viking Crewman Breaks Down Everything Happening In This E-2 Hawkeye Carrier Launch Video

By Kevin Noonan

Posted on Aug 11, 2021

Watch The Meditative-Like Ritual The Blue Angels Go Through Before Every Flight Demo
Naval Aviation

Watch The Meditative-Like Ritual The Blue Angels Go Through Before Every Flight Demo

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 10, 2021

Final F-14 Demo Crewman Remembers Legendary Tomcat Demo Pilot Dale “Snort” Snodgrass
Naval Aviation

Final F-14 Demo Crewman Remembers Legendary Tomcat Demo Pilot Dale “Snort” Snodgrass

By LCDR Joe “Smokin” Ruzicka

Updated on Jul 26, 2021

The Last Airworthy S-3B Viking Is Set To Fly Off Into The Sunset
Naval Aviation

The Last Airworthy S-3B Viking Is Set To Fly Off Into The Sunset

By Brett Tingley

Updated on Jul 9, 2021

The Most Replayed Carrier Crash In History Happened 70 Years Ago Today
Naval Aviation

The Most Replayed Carrier Crash In History Happened 70 Years Ago Today

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jun 23, 2021

An Air Cushion Patrol Seaplane Was Once In The Works With The U.S. And Japan
Naval Aviation

An Air Cushion Patrol Seaplane Was Once In The Works With The U.S. And Japan

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Jun 18, 2021

Mockup Of China’s Stealthy FC-31 Fighter Appears On Full-Size Aircraft Carrier Testing Rig
Naval Aviation

Mockup Of China’s Stealthy FC-31 Fighter Appears On Full-Size Aircraft Carrier Testing Rig

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Jun 9, 2021

The Navy’s Tanker Drone Makes History By Refueling A Manned Aircraft For The First Time (Updated)
Naval Aviation

The Navy’s Tanker Drone Makes History By Refueling A Manned Aircraft For The First Time (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Jun 8, 2021

The Last Time A Japanese Warship Shot Down A U.S. Navy Plane Was Actually Not So Long Ago
Naval Aviation

The Last Time A Japanese Warship Shot Down A U.S. Navy Plane Was Actually Not So Long Ago

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Jun 5, 2021

Navy Details Its Plans To Add Ex-Air Force F-16s To Its Fleet
Naval Aviation

Navy Details Its Plans To Add Ex-Air Force F-16s To Its Fleet

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on May 29, 2021

Watch This Lynx Helicopter Land On A Crazy Mock Pitching Flight Deck
Naval Aviation

Watch This Lynx Helicopter Land On A Crazy Mock Pitching Flight Deck

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on May 18, 2021

With No Ejection Seats, Skyknight Fighter Crews Slid Down A Tunnel To Salvation
Naval Aviation

With No Ejection Seats, Skyknight Fighter Crews Slid Down A Tunnel To Salvation

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on May 5, 2021

U.S. Navy P-8 Maritime Patrol Plane To Join Hunt For Missing Indonesian Submarine
Naval Aviation

U.S. Navy P-8 Maritime Patrol Plane To Join Hunt For Missing Indonesian Submarine

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 23, 2021

Ex-Disney Employees Helped The Thunderbirds Create Their New Shortened Air Show Routine
Naval Aviation

Ex-Disney Employees Helped The Thunderbirds Create Their New Shortened Air Show Routine

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Apr 15, 2021

Navy P-8A Maritime Patrol Planes To Get Pods Loaded With Radar Jamming ‘Little Buddies’
Naval Aviation

Navy P-8A Maritime Patrol Planes To Get Pods Loaded With Radar Jamming ‘Little Buddies’

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 13, 2021

Navy’s Aviation Boss Lays Out Big Vision For Drone-Packed Carriers Of The Future
Naval Aviation

Navy’s Aviation Boss Lays Out Big Vision For Drone-Packed Carriers Of The Future

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Apr 1, 2021

Navy Mysteriously Cancels Plan To Arm Jets With “Screaming Arrow” Hypersonic Anti-Ship Missile
Naval Aviation

Navy Mysteriously Cancels Plan To Arm Jets With “Screaming Arrow” Hypersonic Anti-Ship Missile

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Mar 5, 2021

Behold The Blue Angels And Thunderbirds’ New ‘Super Delta’ Mega Formation
Naval Aviation

Behold The Blue Angels And Thunderbirds’ New ‘Super Delta’ Mega Formation

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Mar 3, 2021

F/A-18 Legacy Hornets Have Left The Navy’s Carrier Decks For The Last Time
Naval Aviation

F/A-18 Legacy Hornets Have Left The Navy’s Carrier Decks For The Last Time

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Feb 26, 2021

The Navy Got Its Hands On Its First Operational F-4 Phantom Sixty Years Ago Today
Naval Aviation

The Navy Got Its Hands On Its First Operational F-4 Phantom Sixty Years Ago Today

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Dec 30, 2020

Why The Navy Is Looking To End Carrier Qualifications Entirely For Its Pilots In Training
Naval Aviation

Why The Navy Is Looking To End Carrier Qualifications Entirely For Its Pilots In Training

By Jamie Hunter

Posted on Dec 21, 2020

Watch This Chinese Z-8 Naval Helicopter Fly Just Feet Off The Ground Along A Highway
Naval Aviation

Watch This Chinese Z-8 Naval Helicopter Fly Just Feet Off The Ground Along A Highway

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Dec 17, 2020

This Video Of The Navy’s Only Special Operations Helicopter Squadron In Action Is Nuts
Naval Aviation

This Video Of The Navy’s Only Special Operations Helicopter Squadron In Action Is Nuts

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Dec 7, 2020

The Forgotten Fireball Made The First Jet-Powered Carrier Landing By Accident
Naval Aviation

The Forgotten Fireball Made The First Jet-Powered Carrier Landing By Accident

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

The Blue Angels Just Said Goodbye To The F/A-18 Legacy Hornet With A Final Sunset Flight
Naval Aviation

The Blue Angels Just Said Goodbye To The F/A-18 Legacy Hornet With A Final Sunset Flight

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Nov 5, 2020

Navy Hires Boeing To Develop A Very Fast And Long-Range Strike Missile Demonstrator
Naval Aviation

Navy Hires Boeing To Develop A Very Fast And Long-Range Strike Missile Demonstrator

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Oct 21, 2020

Navy Fighter Jet Crashes In The Desert Near China Lake Test Base (Updated)
Naval Aviation

Navy Fighter Jet Crashes In The Desert Near China Lake Test Base (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Oct 20, 2020

F/A-18 Super Hornets Are Flying Middle East Combat Missions With New Infrared Sensor Pod
Naval Aviation

F/A-18 Super Hornets Are Flying Middle East Combat Missions With New Infrared Sensor Pod

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Oct 8, 2020

State Department Wishes Air Force Happy Birthday With Pic Of Navy’s Blue Angels
Naval Aviation

State Department Wishes Air Force Happy Birthday With Pic Of Navy’s Blue Angels

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Sep 18, 2020

F/A-18 Super Hornet Is Now Undergoing Ski Jump Launch Trials For The Indian Navy
Naval Aviation

F/A-18 Super Hornet Is Now Undergoing Ski Jump Launch Trials For The Indian Navy

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 20, 2020

Topgun Receives Its First F-35C Lightning II
Naval Aviation

Topgun Receives Its First F-35C Lightning II

By Jamie Hunter

Updated on Jul 31, 2020

Navy’s First Operational F-35C Squadron Fires Missiles As It Preps For Inaugural Cruise
Naval Aviation

Navy’s First Operational F-35C Squadron Fires Missiles As It Preps For Inaugural Cruise

By Jamie Hunter

Updated on Jul 28, 2020

The Blue Angels Have Officially Received Their First F/A-18E Super Hornet
Naval Aviation

The Blue Angels Have Officially Received Their First F/A-18E Super Hornet

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 27, 2020