Featured in US NavyBYThomas NewdickMay 27, 2022ShareRemembering The Navy’s Doomed Aircraft-Carrying AirshipsParasite fighters operating from airships sounds like science fiction, but it was reality for the U.S. Navy in the 1930s. BYThomas NewdickMay 27, 2022ShareBYEmma HelfrichMay 11, 2022ShareThe Navy’s Independence Class Littoral Combat Ships Are CrackingJust when you thought things couldn’t get worse for the Littoral Combat Ship program, the Independence class is experiencing cracking. BYEmma HelfrichMay 11, 2022ShareBYThomas NewdickApr 22, 2022ShareThe One Time North Vietnam’s MiGs Attacked U.S. Navy WarshipsFifty years ago, the Vietnamese People’s Air Force launched a one-of-its-kind air raid against U.S. Navy warships in the Gulf of Tonkin. BYThomas NewdickApr 22, 2022ShareBYJoseph TrevithickApr 1, 2022ShareAir Force Wants To Retire 33 F-22s, Buy More F-15EXs In New BudgetA-10s and E-3s are among other aircraft potentially on the chopping block. We have a full rundown of combat aircraft highlights from the new budget. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 1, 2022ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMar 23, 2022ShareLittoral Disaster: Navy Wants To Retire 10 Littoral Combat Ships According To ReportThe oldest Littoral Combat Ship on the chopping block is just seven years old. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 23, 2022ShareBYThomas NewdickMar 3, 2022ShareNavy’s Crashed F-35C Recovered From The Bottom Of The South China SeaRecovery of the jet after its carrier landing mishap allays fears that it could have fallen into the wrong hands. BYThomas NewdickMar 3, 2022ShareBYBrett TingleyFeb 25, 2022ShareNavy Hovercraft Played Helicopter Hauler For Florida Air BaseOddly enough, this wasn’t even the first time one of the Navy’s Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) visited Eglin Air Force Base. BYBrett TingleyFeb 25, 2022ShareBYBrett TingleyFeb 22, 2022ShareScores Of ‘Dark Vessels’ Belonging To China’s Maritime Militias Are Operating In Contested WatersA new Chinese law allows for vessels to turn off their transponders in some of the world’s most densely trafficked and tense waterways. BYBrett TingleyFeb 22, 2022ShareBYBrett TingleyFeb 17, 2022ShareThis Is Our First Look At The Navy’s Snakehead Unmanned SubmarineSnakehead can be launched from a nuclear submarine and will accommodate many future tasks including intel collection. BYBrett TingleyFeb 17, 2022ShareBYThomas NewdickFeb 16, 2022ShareF-35C ‘Super Squadrons’ Of Up To 20 Aircraft Could Populate Future Carrier DecksAfter steadily reducing planned F-35C squadron sizes the Navy wants to go the opposite direction now that the type’s first operational cruise is over. BYThomas NewdickFeb 16, 2022ShareBYThomas Newdick and Tyler RogowayJan 29, 2022ShareThe F-35C’s Radar-Absorbent Skin Is Looking Pretty Rough After Months At SeaF-35Cs have become covered in rusty-looking deposits on their first operational carrier cruise. BYThomas Newdick and Tyler RogowayJan 29, 2022ShareBYThomas NewdickJan 28, 2022ShareVideo Shows The Last Moments Of The Navy’s F-35C Before It Crashed Into The Sea (Updated)The race is now on to recover the wreckage of the jet that plummeted off the USS Carl Vinson into the South China Sea. BYThomas NewdickJan 28, 2022ShareBYBrett TingleyJan 25, 2022ShareMQ-8C Fire Scout Is The Long-Range Eyes For Beleaguered Littoral Combat ShipsThe over-the-horizon targeting capabilities of the MQ-8C will help the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ships finally achieve a robust strike capability. BYBrett TingleyJan 25, 2022ShareBYBrett TingleyJan 24, 2022ShareTwo U.S. Carrier Strike Groups Are Operating In The South China Sea After Massive Show Of ForceThe Navy is signaling its powerful Pacific presence to China even as the world is focused on Russia’s actions near Ukraine. BYBrett TingleyJan 24, 2022ShareBYThomas Newdick and Tyler RogowayJan 17, 2022ShareFamed Aircraft Carrier USS Kitty Hawk Is On Her Final Voyage To The Scrapper’s TorchIt was long hoped that one of the Navy’s last conventionally-powered aircraft carriers could be preserved as a museum, but that won’t be the case. BYThomas Newdick and Tyler RogowayJan 17, 2022ShareBYBrett Tingley and Tyler RogowayJan 15, 2022ShareNavy’s New Shipboard Electronic Warfare System Is Being Shrunk Down For Smaller ShipsThe new system is capable of making pinpoint electronic attacks but it’s so big that it requires major alterations to a destroyer’s superstructure. BYBrett Tingley and Tyler RogowayJan 15, 2022Share123
BYThomas NewdickMay 27, 2022ShareRemembering The Navy’s Doomed Aircraft-Carrying AirshipsParasite fighters operating from airships sounds like science fiction, but it was reality for the U.S. Navy in the 1930s. BYThomas NewdickMay 27, 2022Share
BYEmma HelfrichMay 11, 2022ShareThe Navy’s Independence Class Littoral Combat Ships Are CrackingJust when you thought things couldn’t get worse for the Littoral Combat Ship program, the Independence class is experiencing cracking. BYEmma HelfrichMay 11, 2022Share
BYThomas NewdickApr 22, 2022ShareThe One Time North Vietnam’s MiGs Attacked U.S. Navy WarshipsFifty years ago, the Vietnamese People’s Air Force launched a one-of-its-kind air raid against U.S. Navy warships in the Gulf of Tonkin. BYThomas NewdickApr 22, 2022Share
BYJoseph TrevithickApr 1, 2022ShareAir Force Wants To Retire 33 F-22s, Buy More F-15EXs In New BudgetA-10s and E-3s are among other aircraft potentially on the chopping block. We have a full rundown of combat aircraft highlights from the new budget. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 1, 2022Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMar 23, 2022ShareLittoral Disaster: Navy Wants To Retire 10 Littoral Combat Ships According To ReportThe oldest Littoral Combat Ship on the chopping block is just seven years old. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 23, 2022Share
BYThomas NewdickMar 3, 2022ShareNavy’s Crashed F-35C Recovered From The Bottom Of The South China SeaRecovery of the jet after its carrier landing mishap allays fears that it could have fallen into the wrong hands. BYThomas NewdickMar 3, 2022Share
BYBrett TingleyFeb 25, 2022ShareNavy Hovercraft Played Helicopter Hauler For Florida Air BaseOddly enough, this wasn’t even the first time one of the Navy’s Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) visited Eglin Air Force Base. BYBrett TingleyFeb 25, 2022Share
BYBrett TingleyFeb 22, 2022ShareScores Of ‘Dark Vessels’ Belonging To China’s Maritime Militias Are Operating In Contested WatersA new Chinese law allows for vessels to turn off their transponders in some of the world’s most densely trafficked and tense waterways. BYBrett TingleyFeb 22, 2022Share
BYBrett TingleyFeb 17, 2022ShareThis Is Our First Look At The Navy’s Snakehead Unmanned SubmarineSnakehead can be launched from a nuclear submarine and will accommodate many future tasks including intel collection. BYBrett TingleyFeb 17, 2022Share
BYThomas NewdickFeb 16, 2022ShareF-35C ‘Super Squadrons’ Of Up To 20 Aircraft Could Populate Future Carrier DecksAfter steadily reducing planned F-35C squadron sizes the Navy wants to go the opposite direction now that the type’s first operational cruise is over. BYThomas NewdickFeb 16, 2022Share
BYThomas Newdick and Tyler RogowayJan 29, 2022ShareThe F-35C’s Radar-Absorbent Skin Is Looking Pretty Rough After Months At SeaF-35Cs have become covered in rusty-looking deposits on their first operational carrier cruise. BYThomas Newdick and Tyler RogowayJan 29, 2022Share
BYThomas NewdickJan 28, 2022ShareVideo Shows The Last Moments Of The Navy’s F-35C Before It Crashed Into The Sea (Updated)The race is now on to recover the wreckage of the jet that plummeted off the USS Carl Vinson into the South China Sea. BYThomas NewdickJan 28, 2022Share
BYBrett TingleyJan 25, 2022ShareMQ-8C Fire Scout Is The Long-Range Eyes For Beleaguered Littoral Combat ShipsThe over-the-horizon targeting capabilities of the MQ-8C will help the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ships finally achieve a robust strike capability. BYBrett TingleyJan 25, 2022Share
BYBrett TingleyJan 24, 2022ShareTwo U.S. Carrier Strike Groups Are Operating In The South China Sea After Massive Show Of ForceThe Navy is signaling its powerful Pacific presence to China even as the world is focused on Russia’s actions near Ukraine. BYBrett TingleyJan 24, 2022Share
BYThomas Newdick and Tyler RogowayJan 17, 2022ShareFamed Aircraft Carrier USS Kitty Hawk Is On Her Final Voyage To The Scrapper’s TorchIt was long hoped that one of the Navy’s last conventionally-powered aircraft carriers could be preserved as a museum, but that won’t be the case. BYThomas Newdick and Tyler RogowayJan 17, 2022Share
BYBrett Tingley and Tyler RogowayJan 15, 2022ShareNavy’s New Shipboard Electronic Warfare System Is Being Shrunk Down For Smaller ShipsThe new system is capable of making pinpoint electronic attacks but it’s so big that it requires major alterations to a destroyer’s superstructure. BYBrett Tingley and Tyler RogowayJan 15, 2022Share