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Boeing has delivered the first Super Hornet test aircraft for the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angel flight demonstration squadron. Boeing has delivered…
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- Cold War EraMilitary AviationU.S. Navy
Former S-3 Viking SENSO tells the story of an unusual encounter with a Soviet Submarine
by Dario LeoneThe S-3 Viking operated day and night from big-deck carriers to track Soviet submarines during the Cold War. The last carrier-based…
- Cold War EraMilitary AviationU.S. Navy
Tomcat finale: the last ever carrier ops of the original F-14A model and why the Fighting Checkmates are the US Navy’s last and only fighter squadron
by Dario LeoneVF-211 would make its final Tomcat trap and catapult launch on May 20, 2004 as USS Enterprise conducted local operations off…
- Military AviationU.S. Navy
Boeing Rolls-Out first F/A-18F Block III Super Hornet advanced strike fighter
by Dario LeoneBy late spring 2020 two Block Super Hornets will be delivered to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 “Salty Dogs”…
- Military AviationU.S. Navy
US Navy receives final Block II Super Hornet, ready to take delivery of first Block III aircraft
by Dario LeoneThe US Navy took delivery of the final Block II Super Hornet, closing out a run of 322 one-seater F/A-18Es and…
- Aircraft CarriersLosses and Aviation SafetyU.S. Navy
Former US Navy Submariner explains why K-314 Captain was at fault when his submarine rammed USS Kitty Hawk
by Dario Leone‘I can see a scenario where a Soviet captain, during the height of the Cold War, would want to surface his…
- Military AviationU.S. Navy
From Skyhawk to Hornet: video features Interview with Gil Rud, the last A-4 Flight Leader of the Blue Angels who led the team’s transition to the F/A-18
by Dario LeoneGil Rud served as the last A-4 Skyhawk Flight Leader of the Blue Angels in 1986 and then led the team’s…
- Military AviationU.S. Navy
US Navy Hoists EA-18G Growler to complete Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band Electromagnetic Environmental Effects testing
by Dario LeoneNext step is flight testing with VX-23 and Milestone C is projected for the end of this fiscal year. The US…
- Aircraft CarriersMilitary AviationU.S. Navy
USS Gerald R. Ford completes 1000th Aircraft Arrestment, 1000th Launch, gets Flight Deck Certification
USS Gerald R. Ford will be the only carrier regularly available to provide carrier qualifications to pilots who require them on…
- Aviation HistoryU.S. Navy
Check out this image of CVW-17 Sailors aboard USS Nimitz recreating a 1943 photo featuring Grumman Avenger aboard USS Card
The original 1943 photo (which is shown below) was aimed to demonstrate that about 90 people were necessary, to get one…
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