The 7th Fleet of the U.S. Navy said Tuesday that a P-8A Poseidon patrol and reconnaissance plane had transited the international airspace over the Taiwan Strait "in accordance with international law," adding that the plane's presence showed, "the United States' commitment to a free and ope...
Review of the Atlantic Fleet Minesweeping Squadron, November 1919. USS Lapwing (AM-1) and other ships of the squadron anchored in the Hudson River, off New York City, while being reviewed by Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels on 24 November 1919, following their return to the United St...
Although often overlooked in favour of operational flying activities, any military force must be underpinned by a robust and flexible training pipeline. In the case of the US Navy (USN) and US Marine Corps, that pipeline contains 26%, or 679, of its total aircraft inventory and accounts for...
control over strategic forces as the E-6B approaches its end of service and enables it to focus on other important missions until retirement." The average age of the Mercury fleet aircraft is nearly 35 years and is about to retire. The Navy will begin a major overhaul of the E-6B fleet ...
Earlier in 2024, the People’s Liberation Army – Navy (PLAN), for the first time, had three aircraft carriers on the ocean, as its 3rd and most recent carrier, the Fujian, underwent sea trials. The PLAN’s first two carriers, the Liaoning and the Shandong, have operated together multipl...
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The Seventh Fleet is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet and Vice Admiral (VADM) Karl Thomas is the Commander. Ships of the Seventh Fleet recently completed the Resolute Dragon 22, October 10-13, 2022, with the U.S. Marines and Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force (JGS...
Earlier this year, Northrop Grumman was selected to replace the US Navy’s conventional targeting pods equipped on the F/A-18 aircraft fleet. Northrop Grumman’s targeting pods are also in service with the US Air Force, Marine Corps and Air National Guard, with over 900 pods delivered world...
and the fleet,” says Stephen Cricchi, deputy director, Flight Test Engineering at NAVAIR. The Air Force and Navy needed a proven set of analysis tools that enabled rapid evalua- tion of post-flight data to ensure the safety and on-time schedule of test flights. The Solution After an exha...
The USS New Jersey is one of the newest submarines to join the U.S. Naval fleet. It's the first Navy submarine designed with women in mind, and it boasts a crew that includes 40 women sailors. Charlie D'Agata has the story.