UPDATED: 1 Rescued Alive After Marine Corps F-18, KC-130J Crash Off the Coast of Japan
This post will be updated as more information becomes available. Two Marine Corps aircraft have been involved in a mishap off…
Boeing Touts Block III Super Hornet’s Better Range, Improved Digital Connectivity to Fleet
ARLINGTON, Va. — They will be a little bit stealthier, pack a more powerful punch, fly with increased stamina and…
First Super Hornet Inducted Into Service Life Extension Program
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — The first F/A-18F that will have its service life extended beyond 6,000 flight hours arrived at…
New Navy Budget Request Moves Money Toward Top Two Aviation Safety Priorities
The Navy’s top two aviation safety priorities could benefit from a half-billion-dollar bump in funding for aircraft modification kits if…
Congress Frustrated at Progress of Fighter Physiological Episode Investigations While Navy Back to Full Pilot Production After T-45C Fixes
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Navy isn’t moving fast enough to fix the ongoing systemic physiological episodes that have plagued fighter…
Physiological Episodes Down in the Navy After Slew of Changes; New Pilot Production Rate Nearly Back to Normal
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Navy’s multi-pronged efforts to address hypoxia, decompression sickness and other physiological episodes (PEs) in its F-18 and…
Boeing Examining High-Use Super Hornets to Validate Life-Extension Plans; Already Buying Material, Setting Up Facility
The Boeing team preparing for the F/A-18E-F Super Hornet service life modification (SLM) program has begun tearing into one of…
Report to Congress: Out of Breath – Military Aircraft Oxygen Issues
The following is the June 21, 2017 CRS Insight brief to Congress, Out of Breath: Military Aircraft Oxygen Issues. The…
Navy Review: Oxygen Systems Too Complex; Reporting, Investigating Methods ‘Flawed’
This post has been updated to include additional comment from Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Bill Moran in a…
Navy, Marines Still Struggling with T-45C Trainer Oxygen System Failures
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Navy and Marine Corps are still struggling with oxygen system problems that have plagued the Navy’s…