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Explore the legacy of the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet, a twin-engine, supersonic combat jet that stands as one of the ...
The F4U Corsair is one of the most iconic and powerful aircraft ever built, renowned for its role in World War II and its ...
The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) successfully demonstrated innovative mission planning software for ...
As the world marks the 75th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War, the upcoming July fly-in will commemorate the ...
US Navy pilot Captain Steve Scheibner revisits the Air India Boeing 787 crash theory, flagging the Ram Air Turbine (RAT) ...
Thanks to two resourceful Frenchmen, this same Corsair was bought off the Argentine Navy and shipped to France for a thorough overhaul, during which the wing-mounted radar nacelle was removed, thus ...
Armed with bombs and rockets, Corsair fighter planes targeted enemy aircraft during World War II. The Mark 90 nuclear depth charge, developed by the Navy during the Cold War, was designed to ...
The USS Harry S. Truman lost an F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jet that was being towed on Monday in the Red Sea, the Navy said. The fighter jet slipped off the hangar deck of the aircraft carrier ...
Developed to operate from aircraft carriers, the Corsair was mass produced and entered service with the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps on December 28 th, 1942, as war in the Pacific Theater was ...
The Columbus Air Show has announced that the U.S. Navy F-35C Lightning II Demo Team will join its lineup of scheduled performers at the 2025 air show, taking pl ...
The Navy’s current aircraft carrier force consists of 11 nuclear carriers, including 10 Nimitz-class ships that entered service between 1975 and 2009, and the Gerald R. Ford, which was ...
Navy's uniform also hearkens back to World War II, when the U.S. Navy established Fighter Squadron 17 (VF-17), which began its life flying the F4U-1 Corsair fighter, in 1943.