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There I Was: F/A-18E Super Hornet vs. two Iranian Su-25 Frogfoots

September 10, 2019 There I Was: F/A-18E Super Hornet vs. Two Iranian Su-25 Frogfoots

I’ve been hearing and telling “There I was…” stories for my entire adult life. It started for me in flight school, listening to a grizzled old sim instructor tell me about View More ›

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Watch: Awesome slow motion low transition by Blue Angels

September 9, 2019

“Not a bad start to the day !” That’s what Blue Angels Lead Solo Ryan Chamberlain posted on his Instagram account along with an awesome video of this low transition. View More ›

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Navy Fighter Pilot Jay “Faceshot” Consalvi talks about Czech Mate and the Reno Air Races

September 6, 2019

Jay flew the F-14D Tomcat and F/A-18 C/D/Fs in the Navy. After leaving the service he has become an emerging figure in the rarified world of unlimited air racing. We View More ›

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How Do You Intercept an SU-24? Hockey Stop a Tomcat

September 5, 2019

Get into the cockpit with CDR Reggie Hammond when he intercepts a Russian SU-24 Fencer near the coast of North Korea in one his first flights in the F-14 Tomcat. View More ›

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There I was…I am the Aurora, hear me roar

September 3, 2019

By far my favorite line, however, was the conclusion: “This reporter believes it was the secret Air Force spy plane, the Aurora, returning to its base in the California desert.”

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Ask A Fighter Pilot: Hand Signals On The Flight Deck!

August 20, 2019

Question: I really enjoy the cruise videos from the Navy guys. There’s just something about the teamwork and precision required by everyone on deck that I find both fascinating and View More ›

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The Ultimate Carrier Break: Nasty SHB

August 2, 2019

The SHB. It’s a Navy thing. More, it’s a CV thing, ‘CV’ being the code for carrier, the kind of carrier that has cross-deck pendants and planes with hooks. The View More ›

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Navy to retire USS Truman aircraft carrier 25 years earlier than expected

March 1, 2019

The U.S. Navy announced on Wednesday the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman would be retired from active duty sometime in the next several years, bringing the total number View More ›

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Iron SEAL: How long will it be before we see Navy SEALs flying around in Iron Man suits?

February 17, 2019

Given the spectacular special effects on display in Marvel’s “Iron Man” movies and the Defense Department’s clever allusions to the popular hero throughout the development of programs like their TALOS View More ›

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China plans to have 6 aircraft carriers by 2035 – how will they stack up compared to the US Navy?

February 10, 2019

China’s People’s Liberation Army-Navy (PLA-N) has undergone a broad and extensive modernization and expansion effort in recent years. With dozens of new warships launched and multiple carriers in production, the View More ›

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