Investigation: Reckless Flying Caused Fatal T-45C Crash That Killed Two Naval Aviators
This post has been updated to include additional information from the office of the Commander of Naval Air Forces. The…
Results of Investigation into Fatal October T-45C Goshawk Crash
The following are the results of the command investigation into the Oct. 1, 2017 crash of a T-45C Goshawk Trainer from Training…
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…
Top Stories 2017: Navy Operations
USNI News polled its writers, naval analysts and service members on what they consider the most important military and maritime…
Top Stories 2017: U.S. Navy Acquisition and Maintenance
USNI News polled its writers, naval analysts and service members on what they consider the most important military and maritime…
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…
Navy Identifies Instructor, Student Killed in T-45 Crash as Lt. Patrick Ruth, Lt. j.g. Wallace Burch
This post has been updated to include additional information from the Navy. The Navy identified pilot Lt. Patrick Lawrence Ruth…
Navy Confirms Pilot Instructor, Student Killed in T-45C Trainer Crash in Tennessee
Two Navy pilots are dead following a Sunday crash of a jet trainer in the deep woods of Tennessee, the…
UPDATED: Navy Seeing Success Collecting Data on Physiological Episodes; Taps Former Air Wing Commander to Lead Effort
THE PENTAGON — The Navy has appointed former commander of Carrier Air Wing 3 and F/A-18 Hornet pilot Capt. Sara…