Japan Aircraft Scrambled Fewer Times in FY 2023 Compared to FY 2022
Japan Air Self-Defense Force aircraft scrambled fewer times against foreign aircraft during Fiscal Year 2023 compared to FY 2022, according to Japan’s Joint Staff Office. …
Marines Identify Four Killed in Arctic Norway MV-22B Crash
This post has been updated with additional information from the II MEF. The Marines have identified the four killed in…
U.S. Carrier Fighters Overfly Yellow Sea in Response to North Korean Missile Launch
The U.S. Navy conducted an air demonstration with carrier aircraft on Tuesday in the Yellow Sea following the recent launches…
Report to Congress on Great Power Competition
The following is the March 10, 2022 report, Renewed Great Power Competition: Implications for Defense—Issues for Congress.…
UPDATED: Navy Can Install Hypersonic Missiles Aboard Zumwalt Destroyers Without Removing Gun Mounts
Following an earlier version of this post, the Navy provided USNI News an update on the Zumwalt-class that included the…
USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: March 14, 2022
These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world…
Last Minute FY 22 $728.5B Defense Bill Funds 13 Navy Ships, 12 F/A-18s; Saves 3 LCS From Decommissioning
House appropriators signed out an early morning, all-in-one federal funding bill that pluses up the overall budget Pentagon budget and…
F-35 JPO Evaluating Spare Parts Following Vinson, Queen Elizabeth Deployments
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Joint Program Office for the military’s F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter is evaluating recent carrier…
Report to Congress on Nonstrategic Nuclear Weapons
The following is the March 7, 2022 Congressional Research Service report, Nonstrategic Nuclear Weapons.…
SECDEF Austin Orders Navy Red Hill Fuel Depot Permanently Closed
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered the massive Red Hill Fuel Depot shuttered and abandoned, a reversal from the Pentagon’s…
USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: March 7, 2022
These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world…