Comprising five Training Air Wings (TRAWING) containing 17 Training Squadrons, CNATRA's responsibilities extend beyond the TRAWINGs.Trevor NashJanes International Defense Review
Flying together asGroupe d’aéronautique navale n°2, the two French Navy SBD squadrons spent lots of time dopping ordnance on German pockets left along the Atlantic Wall. It sort of made sense as most of these were port units garrisoned by the Kriegsmarine, which made it, in a way, a...
The preliminary design of the XS2E-1 was deemed acceptable by the Navy and an order for ten prototypes was made. The XS2E-1 would be a two seat design with a Ranger V-770-8 engine. The engine mount and cowling would also both be designed by Ranger (this company would become Fairchild...
After completion of the FRS syllabus, aviators are sent to fleet squadrons on both coasts, as well as Japan. All in all, it’s a very long road to earn thoseWings of Gold. Then again, if it were easy….the Air Force would do it! Fly Navy! (Featured Photo by the Dept. of Defens...
Aucoin assumed command of the 7th Fleet in September 2015 and was due to retire in a few weeks. A career flight officer, he served in five fighter squadrons and flew in more than 150 combat missions, according to Navy biographies. He commanded a carrier air wing aboard the USS Kitty Hawk...
Even though the first F-35C squadrons are starting to appear on US Navy aircraft carriers, the today flight deck is still nearly all Super Hornet. Carrier Air Wing between the end of the 1970s and the early 1980s But, as...
MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Take-off/Landing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (VTUAV) into existing HSM/HSL squadrons and detachments.To test the feasibility of deploying the MQ-8B with a LAMPS detachment, the Navy has tasked Helicopter Anti-... ...
US Exclusive: SOFREP Interviews ROK/US Navy SEAL Ken Rhee About His Recent Deployment to Ukraine I think if I had to do it all over again and I got to choose, I’d be Ken Rhee. He pretty much checks all of the boxes for being a 21st-century badass superhero, except being able to...
The Growler is a derivative of the combat-proven two-seat F/A-18 Hornet, the US Navy’s maritime strike aircraft. The primary missions of the aircraft are electronic attack (EA) and suppression of enemy air defences (SEAD), particularly at the start and ongoing early stages of hostilities....
These squadrons were the 100th, 301st, and 302nd, all of which would be formed at Selfridge Field, Michigan. Selfridge would prove a particularly dreadful post for these men, as it was here that they would face intense discrimination both by the local populace and base staff, while being ...