F/A-18 Super Hornet Crashes into Persian Gulf, Crew Safe A U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet crashed into the Persian Gulf Tuesday after taking off from the USS Theodore Roosevelt.
Admiral ‘Frustrated’ by Delay in Competition to Build Carrier Drones The head of air warfare for the U.S. Navy said he's frustrated by a delay in the plan to build a fleet of drones aboard...
Navy Considers Laser Weapons for Carriers The Navy may outfit is new Ford-class carriers to accommodate a wide range of laser weapons to shoot down incoming missiles.
USS Theodore Roosevelt Recovers Man Overboard The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt recovered a Sailor who fell overboard while the ship was conducting operations in...
Navy Launches New Affordability Plan for Ford-Class Carriers The Navy plans to invest $25M a year beginning in 2017 in techniques to lower the cost of building its Ford-class carriers.
USS Ronald Reagan Enters 7th Fleet Area of Operations The U.S. Navy's only forward-deployed Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) entered the 7th Fleet area of...
US Navy Down to Five Aircraft Carriers at Sea, None in the Mideast The Navy is supposed to have 11 aircraft carriers, but only has 10 -- and five of those aren't deployable for maintenance.
France Takes Command of NAVCENT Task Force 50 A French flag officer took command of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command's Task Force 50 Dec. 7, leading coalition naval...
India Seeks US Know-How for New Aircraft Carrier India’s Defense Minister went on board the aircraft carrier Eisenhower looking for tips on putting into service India’s first...
Harry S Truman Carrier Strike Group Launches First OIR Missions Strike aircraft from nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman flew their first missions in support of Operation...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
