Tuesday, May 14, 2013, has gone down as an historic day for U.S. naval aviation, with the first launch at sea of an autonomous, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Off the …
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A promising new naval aircraft is taking its place on guard in the Western Pacific but at a price: U.S. Navy sailors will now begin to …
The P-8A Poseidon’s debut deployment will be to Kadena Air Base in Okinawa with detachments all over the western Pacific. Poseidon basing requirements are a bit different. Getting a P-8A …
While walking around the P-8A Poseidon on the ramp at Andrews, we asked VP-16 commanding officer Cmdr. Molly Boron how long the trip up from Jacksonville had taken. About an …
Boeing is continuing to refine its concept for a next-generation F/A-XX advanced jet fighter to follow the present-day F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. Just in time for the Navy …
By the time the parody-worthy screen thriller The Poseidon Adventure was released in 1972, the Navy’s P-3 Orion maritime patrol aircraft had been on duty for a decade. Last year, …
When the U.S. Navy disbanded the last of its blimp fleet in 1962, it marked the end of the first era of military airships. It had lasted roughly half a …
December’s first at-sea test of the Navy’s Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS-D) was historic, but in a way, it was also a non-event. The Northrop-Grumman X-47B hoisted aboard the USS …
Nowadays, most fighters have twin engines and tail fins. When these features were introduced on the U. S. Navy’s F7U-1 Cutlass fighter of the late 1940s and early 1950s, they …
Arthur “Hawk” Hawkins was “smart, aggressive and absolutely fearless,” said retired Navy Capt. Bill Dixon, who flew with Hawkins in crucial battles in the western Pacific. Hawks eventually became a …
