Tag: USS Carl Vinson
The F/A-XX air-dominance fighter will be a sixth-generation aircraft that eventually will replace the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet strike fighter in the Navy’s carrier air wings. Rear Admiral Scott D. Conn, director of Air
Warfare in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, said on Apr. 4 that the
analysis of alternatives (AoA) for U.S....
F-35C IOC comes shortly after the Department of the Navy’s first Lightning II squadron, VFA 147, completed aircraft carrier qualifications aboard USS Carl Vinson and received Safe-For-Flight Operations Certification. The Commander, Naval Air Forces and the U.S. Marine Corps Deputy Commandant for Aviation jointly announced that the aircraft carrier variant of...
This was VFA-34's final deployment flying the F/A-18C Legacy Hornet. They'll be the last U.S. Navy squadron to transition to the F/A-18E Super Hornet U.S. Navy Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 34 'Blueblasters' returned to Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana on Apr. 11, 2018 after a historic record-setting deployment. The unit in January to join their air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW)...
Since naval aviation began in 1911, only less than 360 pilots and 120 NFOs have achieved the milestone of 1,000 traps. Its rarer that two people completes their 1000th trap on the same flight Taken on Jan. 18, 2018 the main image of this article shows Capt. Tom Barber, Commander, Carrier Air Wing 2 (CVW-2) and Commander Jason Hutcherson, CO...
The aircraft from the different branches of the U.S. Military provide non-stop stability and security in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region The interesting photos in these post show a B-1B Lancer from Andersen Air Force Base (AFB) in Guam and two F/A-18E Super Hornets from the “Golden Dragons” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 192 flying over the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN...
