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Navy to Decommission World’s 1st Nuclear Aircraft Carrier – Enterprise CVN 65. The Big E!

January 26, 2017

The US Navy announced they will officially decommission and give a final farewell to the aircraft carrier Enterprise (CVN 65) in a ceremony on February 3rd. The event is closed to View More ›

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Watch: George H.W. Bush CVN 77 Departs on Third Deployment

January 24, 2017 Sea_Hawk_helicopter_lands_aboard_USS_George_H.W._Bush_(CVN-77)

January 21, 2017 the George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group steamed out of Norfolk, Virginia on its third deployment. Leading the strike group is the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush View More ›

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Today in Aviation History: 1951 First Flight of the Douglas F4D Skyray

January 23, 2017 F4D-1_Skyray_of_VMF-115_in_flight_in_195

January 23, 1951 marked the first flight of the Douglas F4D Skyray carrier based fighter/interceptor jet. The F4D Skyray was the first US Navy and Marine Corps jet that could exceed Mach View More ›

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Lockheed Martin CEO Commits to 1800 New Jobs and Reduced F-35 Costs

After meeting with President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower, Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson said she would increase jobs in their Fort Worth F-35 facility by 1,800 and find ways to View More ›

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Report: F-35 Months Behind Schedule on Final Operational Testing – Pentagon Draft Misleading

January 13, 2017 US_Navy_111003-N-ZZ999-006_An_F-35B_Lightning_II_makes_the_first_vertical_landing_on_a_flight_deck_at_sea_aboard_the_amphibious_assault_ship_USS_W

Pentagon test director Michael Gilmore reported to Congress that he expects the F-35 to slip months behind on initial operational test and evaluation (IOT&E). The F-35 was originally supposed to begin IOT&E View More ›

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Navy Aircraft Carrier Gerald R. Ford May Be Ready in April

January 12, 2017 geraldrford-aircraft-carrier

Thursday, a US Navy spokeswoman said the Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier may be delivered as soon as April of this year. The ship is the most technologically advanced and View More ›

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A Moment In Time: 1991 USAF Jets Fly Over Burning Kuwaiti Oil Wells

January 11, 2017 USAF_F-16A_F-15C_F-15E_Desert_Storm

The featured photo shows US Air Force F-15s and F-16s flying over burning Kuwaiti oil wells that were set ablaze as Saddam Hussein’s invading Iraqi Army retreated in the closing View More ›

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The Big Question: Can the F-16 or F-18 Match the F-35?

January 6, 2017

According to Brig. Gen. Scott Pleus who flew the F-16 and the F-35, there is no way the older fighters can compete with an F-35. Pleus said that even upgraded Falcons View More ›

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Today in Aviation History: 1989 – US Navy F-14 Tomcats Shoot Down Two Libyan MiGs

January 4, 2017 F-14B_VF-32

On January 4, 1989 two US Navy F-14’s shot down two Libyan MiG-23’s. The Libyan government of Muammar Gaddafi had drawn a ‘line of death’ in the Gulf of Sidra and declared View More ›

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Incoming Secretary of Defense Mattis Backs F-35 Program Criticized by Trump

January 3, 2017

Less than two weeks ago President-elect Trump tweeted that the F-35 program was over budget and that he was requesting a bid for a ‘comparable Super Hornet’. Today we have View More ›

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