Carrier Cavour’s Pacific Deployment Extends Italy’s Reach in the Pacific, Say Admiral
ABOARD AIRCRAFT CARRIER ITS Cavour (550), Changi Naval Base, Singapore – The Itatlian Navy’s extended deployment to the Pacific resulted…
China’s Aircraft Carrier Shandong Launches 240 Sorties in Philippine Sea
China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy Shandong Carrier Strike Group conducted 240 fighter aircraft launches and recoveries and 140 helicopter take-offs…
GAO Report on F-35 Sustainment
The following is the September, 2023, Government Accountability Office report, F-35: DOD and the Military Services Need to Reassess the…
Pentagon Halts F-35 Deliveries Pending Results of Texas Fighter Crash Investigation
The story has been updated to include a statement from Pratt & Whitney and an updated statement from the F-35…
F-35B Joint Strike Fighter Crashes in Texas, Pilot Safely Ejects
An F-35B Lighting II Joint Strike Fighter crashed on the runaway at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort…
‘We’re leaking fuel and we might be on fire’ How a Pair of KC-130J Pilots, Crew Saved Their Plane After a Collision with an F-35
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The first F-35B Lightning II pulled up to the KC-130J Super Hercules aerial tanker, took its…
U.S. Navy Sending Salvage Ship, Crew To Help Recover Crashed British F-35B
The U.S. Navy is helping the United Kingdom recover its F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter that crashed in the…
CNO Gilday Pledges Closer Working Relationships With British, French Navies
After signing a new trilateral agreement pushing for deeper cooperation, the top officers of the American, French and British navies…
U.S., U.K. Navies Working to Achieve ‘Interchangeability’ in Carrier Forces, Collaboration on Unmanned and AI
This post has been updated to include additional information from First Sea Lord Adm. Tony Radakin and US Navy acquisition…
Marines Release More Details on F-35B, KC-130J Collision
The Marine Corps has released new information about its F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter that crashed earlier this week…