Navy not doing enough to study long-term brain damage in aviators, lawmakers say
A House committee found that the Navy was at fault for not doing more to research long-term brain damage in aviators, despite knowledge of suicides.
By Riley Ceder
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Time spent on select Super Hornet repairs could be cut in half with Navy’s 3D printing
Composite repair time for F/A-18 Super Hornets could be cut by 50% with a groundbreaking 3D-printing repair method.
Navy identifies pilot who died in A-29 Super Tucano crash in New Mexico
The Navy announced that one of its pilots died when the A-29 Super Tucano he was flying crashed Friday at a bombing range in New Mexico.
By Stephen Weigand
US military plans for future at Guantanamo because of Trump
President Donald Trump’s order in January to keep the Guantanamo jail open, and allow the Pentagon to bring new prisoners there, is prompting military officials to consider a future for the controversial facility that the Obama administration sought to close.
The Afghan Air Force may be one of the few success stories in a 17-year war
After a scathing report to Congress cast more doubt on the security situation in Afghanistan, few things in the wayward country appear to be going well, except, that is, for the Afghan Air Force.
By Kyle Rempfer
‘Top Gun’ sequel starts filming on NAS North Island
Both the Navy and DoD's entertainment office still have to sign off on the final script.
By Tara Copp, AP
This new ‘Top Gun 2’ promo will surprise you
Maverick is still the star, but his aircraft may be different from what many expected.
By Victoria Leoni
Work to refurbish Navy Super Hornets part of Pentagon’s $700B budget
An old fighter jet being refurbished at a hangar in Missouri is the first of several planes being sent to the Boeing facility as the Pentagon spends the biggest budget in its history.
Navy’s F/A-18 Legacy Hornet completes its sundown cruise aboard the carrier Vinson
The “Blue Blasters” of Strike Fighter Squadron 34 completed the final cruise for the Navy’s F/A-18 Legacy Hornet.
By J.D. Simkins
Navy’s spike in aviation mishaps is the military’s worst, up 82 percent
Class C accidents were the primary driver of a significant rise in Super Hornet mishaps.
By Tara Copp, AP
The death toll for rising aviation accidents: 133 troops killed in five years
Amid the latest spike in aviation deaths, a newly published Military Times Crash Database shows manned warplane accidents have jumped 39 percent since the 2013 budget cuts.
By Tara Copp, AP
Marines identify 4 killed in CH-53E crash
The two pilots and two aircrew members were assigned to Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465.
By Shawn Snow