Category Archives: Aviation

Joint Task Force Red Hill to Remove Fuel From Surge Tanks

Joint Task Force Red Hill to Remove Fuel From Surge Tanks

Joint Task Force-Red Hill (JTF-RH) Command Senior Enlisted Leader, U.S. Navy Command Master Chief Leonard Anderson and JTF-RH Safety Industrial Hygienist, U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Anthony Allen, load filled sandbags onto a truck in preparation for a defueling exercise at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii July 7, 2023. US Army Photo

Joint Task Force – Red Hill is set to start draining fuel from surge tanks at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility. Read More

DoD Modernization Should Focus on Joint Goals, CJCS Nominee CQ Brown Tells Senate

DoD Modernization Should Focus on Joint Goals, CJCS Nominee CQ Brown Tells Senate

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee for the Department of the Air Force fiscal year 2024 budget request, Washington, D.C., May 2, 2023. US Air Force Photo

The nominee to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told Congress he will take a look at how the Department of Defense is set to modernize with an emphasis on developing a joint force. Read More

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: July 10, 2023

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: July 10, 2023

USNI News Graphic

These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of July 10, 2023, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship. Read More

Carrier USS Ronald Reagan Back in the South China Sea, Details of Talisman Sabre Exercise Emerge

Carrier USS Ronald Reagan Back in the South China Sea, Details of Talisman Sabre Exercise Emerge

Sailors assigned to the flight deck crash and salvage team observe flight operations on the flight deck of USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), in the South China Sea on July 1, 2023. US Navy Photo

The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is back in the South China Sea after wrapping a port visit to Vietnam on Friday. Meanwhile, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force detailed their participation in the Australian-led multinational exercise Talisman Sabre 2023 held in Australia from July 22 to Aug. 4. Read More

Crew Puts Out Electrical Fire Aboard Carrier Abraham Lincoln, No Injuries Reported

Crew Puts Out Electrical Fire Aboard Carrier Abraham Lincoln, No Injuries Reported

USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), lead ship of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, returned to Naval Air Station North Island on Aug. 11, 2022, after a deployment to U.S. 3rd and 7th Fleets in support of maritime security operations to ensure a free and open Indo-Pacific. U.S. Navy Photo

An electrical fire broke out in the compartment of an emergency generator aboard aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) Wednesday while the ship was pierside, according to the Navy. Read More