French connection: Joint US-French carrier ops highlight common ground
In a rare multinational exercise, two French carrier-based squadrons integrated into a U.S. Navy carrier air wing for two weeks at sea off the coast of Virginia.
By Mark D. Faram
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Navy fighter squadron begins switch to the F-35
The Argonauts of Strike Fighter Squadron 147 began the transition to the F-35 in December.
By Mark D. Faram
Deputy carrier air wing commander relieved
Capt. Brent Blackmer was relieved as second in command of Carrier Air Wing 1 after some inappropriate behavior while out on liberty in February.
As F/A-18 crash investigation starts, VFA-213 takes a day to grieve
The wreckage of the F/A-18F will remain off the coast of Florida for now.
By Mark D. Faram