WEST: Cutting Carriers Will Put More Stress on Sailors
The Navy has to strike a tricky balance on the numbers of carriers it fields between providing forces for U.S.…
Navy’s UCLASS Could Be Air to Air Fighter
Could the U.S. Navy’s future Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) aircraft have an air-to-air role? The service’s director…
Bush Carrier Strike Group to Deploy Saturday
USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) is scheduled to depart for a Middle East and Mediterranean deployment on Saturday as the…
Opinion: Preserve the Carrier Force
The aircraft carrier, nuclear-powered for the last 50 years, and its embarked air wing remain arguably the most valuable and…
White House Pushing Against Proposed Pentagon Carrier Cut
The White House is pushing back against a Pentagon plan to cut a carrier as part of its Fiscal Year…
House Members Push Against Rumored U.S. Carrier Cut
A bipartisan group of Congressmen have written a letter to the Secretary of Defense expressing their strong support for maintaining…
Document: House Letter In Support of 11 Carrier Navy
The following is a letter from members of the House Armed Services Committee to Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel in…
Document: The Navy’s New Deployment Plan
The following is a detailed outline of U.S. Fleet Forces new Optimized Fleet Response Plan (O-FRP). Beginning with the USS Harry…
Inside the Navy’s Next Air War
The Navy has already made some powerful assumptions about its next fight in the air. It’ll be away from home.…
New Navy Carrier Shuffle Moves Reagan to Japan, Roosevelt to San Diego
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) has been tapped by the Navy to be the service’s next forward deployed carrier in Japan…