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USS Ronald Reagan leaves its Japan homeport after nearly 9 years
The aircraft carrier's departure comes at a time of growing tension in the face of increasingly assertive China in the Indo-Pacific.
Future USS John F. Kennedy kicks off topside catapult testing
Car-like carriages weighing up to 80,000 pounds are being launched off the carrier to test its jet catapult system.
By Diana Stancy
Pentagon clears F-35 for full-rate production
The decision came almost six months after the F-35 finished a series of Joint Simulation Environment tests.
Doggone deployment: Navy carriers em-‘bark’ mental health pups
The Navy is testing out a program to embark therapy dogs aboard aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships.
By Diana Stancy
Navy postpones several modernization programs to pay for operations
The Navy's fiscal 2025 budget request prioritizes near-term readiness and lethality and delays a number of larger, longer-term modernization programs.
Navy commander leads latest NASA space station mission
The Navy officer-led NASA Crew-8 mission successfully blasted off Sunday.
Marine F-35C used for Top Gun training takes a nosedive while parked
The jet “experienced an incident involving collapse of the nose landing gear” on Jan. 26, a Marine spokeswoman said.
USS Delbert D Black concludes brief surge deployment with carrier Ford
Delbert D. Black's three-month deployment tested a new Navy concept of cycling out a carrier strike group's destroyers during deployment.
By Diana Stancy
UK carrier suffers propeller problem, sidelined for NATO exercise
HMS Queen Elizabeth was supposed to lead a large NATO exercise.
Passenger absolved of in-flight bomb hoax that prompted F-18 response
The passenger, then 18, alleged the bomb threat was a joke.
By Sarah Sicard