F-14 Flyer Looks Back At What Made The Soon To Be Scrapped USS Kitty Hawk Special
An officer who called the USS Kitty Hawk home gives her a fond farewell and reminisces about what really made her unique.
Tag: Naval Aviation
Enlisted SEAL Team Six Operators Piloted Leased Aircraft According To Founder Richard Marcinko
Even though the Navy had no enlisted pilots, Richard Marcinko had his elite SEAL ‘shooters’ trained as pilots to make his team self-reliant.
This Is The Most Incredible Super Hornet Footage We Have Ever Seen
This WestPac 2021 cruise video from Navy Strike Fighter Squadron 154 certainly confirms the mantra: Black Knights Rule!
Navy Boss Hints At A Very Different Looking Future Fleet Of Naval Combat Aircraft
The U.S. Navy’s top officer says that his service is still looking at a mix of still largely undefined manned and unmanned advanced “aviation combatants” to eventually replace its existing primary combat jets, the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and F-35C Joint Strike Fighter. He also said that it was not clear what platforms those future aircraft might launch from, raising the possibility that the Navy may be looking beyond traditional aircraft carriers as it refines its aviation requirements.
Confessions Of A Submarine Hunting S-3 Viking Crewman During The Twilight Of The Cold War
How the shadowy art of anti-submarine aerial warfare works and what it was like putting it to use while barreling through the sky in an S-3 Viking.
The Making Of A Submarine Hunting S-3 Viking Crewman
This is what it took to become a sub hunter tasked with protecting America’s carrier battle groups at the twilight of the Cold War.
Navy May Slow Aviation Ops Due To Budget Shortfall As It Ground Super Hornet Demo Team
The U.S. Navy is reportedly looking at a major budget shortfall of at least $100 million for aviation operations and maintenance for the rest of the fiscal year. The service is now looking at cutting flight hours for fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft assigned to operational and non-operational units, curtailing deployments for certain helicopter squadrons, ground an entire air wing, and more to close the funding gap.
General Atomics Shows Off Engine That Will Power Its Proposed MQ-25 Drone Tanker
The company doesn’t plan to build a full-scale prototype unless it wins the competition, but is testing critical components of the design.
Lockheed Is Already Pushing A Stealthy Version Of Its MQ-25 Stingray Tanker Drone
The sad thing is, the whole idea originally was for the Navy to get a stealth drone, but it ended up getting a flying gas can.
Here’s Our First Good Look At The Crazy Air Inlet Design On Boeing’s MQ-25 Tanker Drone
Boeing’s MQ-25 has a classically problematic but low-observable flush-mounted intake, yet there are no low-observable requirements for the program.