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…
Vice Adm. DeWolfe Miller Becomes Navy’s 8th Air Boss
Vice Adm. DeWolfe H. Miller III relieved Vice Adm. Mike Shoemaker as commander of Naval Air Forces, becoming the Navy’s…
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, 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…
Temporary Fix Identified for T-45C Trainer Oxygen System Failures; Students Still Can’t Land On Carriers Until Permanent Solution Found
Navy student pilots will resume some flights in the T-45C Goshawk this week after a 12-day operational pause to determine the…
Air Boss: Navy Would Prioritize New Platforms Over Legacy Ones When Funding Readiness
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Navy aviation community has kept its transition to new aircraft types on track amid years…
Warfighting Development Centers, Better Virtual Tools Give Fleet Training a Boost
This post has been updated to correct the title of the Information Warfighting Development Center. SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The…
New U.S. Naval Aircraft Integrating for Longer Range Operations
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Navy has begun integrating its newest airplanes into the air wing and joint forces during training…
V-22 Experiment On Carrier Shows Increased Flexibility Over C-2 In COD Mission
Using the MV-22 Osprey as the basis for the Navy’s new Carrier On-Board Delivery (COD) is poised to add significant…