Sikorsky’s S-97 Raider Begins Flight Testing
The first of Sikorsky’s two prototype S-97 Raider compound helicopters left the ground for the first time May 22, …
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Book Review – Stay the Rising Sun
Phil Keith’s Stay the Rising Sun provides an intimate portrait of the aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV 2), her …
OIF Second Night: SEAL Assault on the GOPLATs
When planners for Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) began their studies of how to liberate Iraq from Saddam Hussein, they looked …
Naval Special Warfare in an Uncertain Global Security Environment
We live in a rapidly changing world full of uncertain security situations. Adversaries are capitalizing on a flattened global system …
VMFA-121 F-35B Field Carrier Landing Practice (FCLP)
Cpl. Travis Gersheneck shot this video of F-35Bs carrying out field carrier landing practice (FCLP). F-35B pilots Maj. Aric Liberman …
Interview with Adm. Mark Ferguson
Courtesy of Surface SITREP. Republished with the permission of the Surface Navy Association.
Edward H. Lundquist: Can you …
V-E Day Commemorated by Warbird Flyover
Today, on Victory in Europe, or V-E Day, beginning just after 12:00 PM, a massive flyover of 15 successive formations …
First Female F-35 Pilot Begins Training
Lt. Col. Christine Mau, 33rd Fighter Wing Operations Group deputy commander, became the first female pilot to fly the F-35 …
Raytheon Surveillance and Analytics Technologies Proven Aboard Stiletto
Raytheon successfully tested an advanced intelligence solution by combining two company technologies during an underway demonstration aboard the U.S. Navy’s …
Forward-deployed Ships at Rota Provide Europe Ballistic Missile Defense
The U.S. Navy is stationing four Aegis guided missile destroyers (DDGs) at Rota, Spain, as part of the European …