Featured in Gator NavyBYJames DeboerApr 8, 2022ShareAboard The Marine’s First F-35B-Packed ‘Lightning Carrier’ (Updated)The Marines turned USS Tripoli into a ‘Lightning Carrier’ packed with over 20 F-35Bs. We were there. BYJames DeboerApr 8, 2022ShareBYJames DeboerMar 18, 2022ShareMarines To Test Lightning Carrier Concept With 20 F-35Bs Aboard USS Tripoli This AprilThe Lightning Carrier concept has been in the works for years and will effectively see big deck amphibious assault ships turned into light carriers. BYJames DeboerMar 18, 2022ShareBYTyler RogowayOct 7, 2021ShareHave You Ever Seen An AV-8B Harrier Use The Meatball To Land On An Amphibious Assault Ship?This awesome video shows how Marine vertical landing jets use a Fresnel Lens Optical Landing System like their supercarrier-based counterparts. BYTyler RogowayOct 7, 2021ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 3, 2020ShareHere’s the USMC’s Plan for ‘Lightning Carriers’ Brimming With F-35BsThe concept is a modern and much more potent iteration of the “Harrier Carrier” concept used in the past. BYTyler RogowayJul 3, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayOct 14, 2019ShareBehold USS America Sailing With A Whopping 13 F-35Bs Embarked AboardThe Marines are inching closer and closer to executing their “Lightning Carrier” concept that would see amphibious assault ships bristle with F-35Bs. BYTyler RogowayOct 14, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayAug 13, 2019ShareTake A Peek Inside The Armory On An Amphibious Assault Ship Carrying Hundreds Of MarinesThe hundreds of Marines living on these ships during deployments can be called up suddenly to fight. Here’s where they put all their weapons to do so. BYTyler RogowayAug 13, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayApr 17, 2018ShareThe Next America Class Amphibious Assault Ship Will Almost Be In a Class of its OwnUSS Bougainville (LHA-8) will be built with a well-deck unlike her two sister ships, but that’s just one of its unique features. BYTyler RogowayApr 17, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayOct 19, 2016ShareUSS San Antonio Was Targeted During Anti-Ship Missile Barrage Last Week Off YemenThe amphibious transport dock ship was attacked last week in the Mandeb Strait. BYTyler RogowayOct 19, 2016Share
BYJames DeboerApr 8, 2022ShareAboard The Marine’s First F-35B-Packed ‘Lightning Carrier’ (Updated)The Marines turned USS Tripoli into a ‘Lightning Carrier’ packed with over 20 F-35Bs. We were there. BYJames DeboerApr 8, 2022Share
BYJames DeboerMar 18, 2022ShareMarines To Test Lightning Carrier Concept With 20 F-35Bs Aboard USS Tripoli This AprilThe Lightning Carrier concept has been in the works for years and will effectively see big deck amphibious assault ships turned into light carriers. BYJames DeboerMar 18, 2022Share
BYTyler RogowayOct 7, 2021ShareHave You Ever Seen An AV-8B Harrier Use The Meatball To Land On An Amphibious Assault Ship?This awesome video shows how Marine vertical landing jets use a Fresnel Lens Optical Landing System like their supercarrier-based counterparts. BYTyler RogowayOct 7, 2021Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 3, 2020ShareHere’s the USMC’s Plan for ‘Lightning Carriers’ Brimming With F-35BsThe concept is a modern and much more potent iteration of the “Harrier Carrier” concept used in the past. BYTyler RogowayJul 3, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayOct 14, 2019ShareBehold USS America Sailing With A Whopping 13 F-35Bs Embarked AboardThe Marines are inching closer and closer to executing their “Lightning Carrier” concept that would see amphibious assault ships bristle with F-35Bs. BYTyler RogowayOct 14, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayAug 13, 2019ShareTake A Peek Inside The Armory On An Amphibious Assault Ship Carrying Hundreds Of MarinesThe hundreds of Marines living on these ships during deployments can be called up suddenly to fight. Here’s where they put all their weapons to do so. BYTyler RogowayAug 13, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayApr 17, 2018ShareThe Next America Class Amphibious Assault Ship Will Almost Be In a Class of its OwnUSS Bougainville (LHA-8) will be built with a well-deck unlike her two sister ships, but that’s just one of its unique features. BYTyler RogowayApr 17, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayOct 19, 2016ShareUSS San Antonio Was Targeted During Anti-Ship Missile Barrage Last Week Off YemenThe amphibious transport dock ship was attacked last week in the Mandeb Strait. BYTyler RogowayOct 19, 2016Share
