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The 19 things you need to watch in 2019

More money and more personnel but also new challenges from rising rivals in the Western Pacific, Europe and the Persian Gulf. More changes to your leadership at the Pentagon. And more innovations that promise to transform the ways your Navy recruits, trains and retains its sailors.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz, Mark D. Faram, Natalie Gross, Tara Copp, AP, Leo Shane III, Carl Prine and David Larter, Defense News

6 years ago

CNO thankful for carrier dynamic force employment success

Top Navy officials told Navy Times that the Truman Carrier Strike Group’s ongoing Dynamic Force Employment experiment has been a great success, assuring allies that they’ll show up to defend them and teaching potential foes that the Navy can show up suddenly with dominant firepower.

By Carl Prine

6 years ago

Russian intercept marks a return to Cold War behavior in Europe’s skies

Russian fighters buzzing U.S. Navy recon planes in Eastern Europe could lead to disaster, analysts warn.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

7 years ago

Russian fighter jet flies dangerously close to US airplane, Navy says

Monday's encounter over the Black Sea was the latest in a string of hazardous intercepts involving U.S. Navy recon planes and Russian fighter jets.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz and Tara Copp, AP

7 years ago

Report: Russian jet buzzes US spy plane over Baltic Sea

Navy officials declined to confirm media reports that the Russian jet flew within 20 feet of a P-8 Poseidon.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

7 years ago

Russian jets fly within five feet of Navy plane over Black Sea

It was the second incident of a Russian jet buzzing a U.S. aircraft over the Black Sea in as many months.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

7 years ago

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