U.S. Navy

The CMV-22B Osprey is operationally ready after the service completed its first deployment with the aircraft last week, the Navy said.

The U.S. Navy has launched a salvage operation in the South China Sea in an attempt to retrieve a F-35C that went down into the South China Sea during a “landing mishap” earlier this week.

An investigation has been launched into the incident that injured seven sailors on board the USS Carl Vinson.

The crash of a T-6 Texan II in Alabama last week—in addition to the loss of an F-18 Hornet near China Lake California earlier in the week—was enough for the head of Naval Air Forces to call for a one-day safety stand-down that grounded all non-deployed units in an attempt to determine the cause of […]

The Snowball Express—which brings together the children and surviving spouses of fallen US military heroes for a special trip to Disney World—arrived at the Norfolk International Airport on December 7 to deliver families to Orlando, the Navy Office of Community Outreach reported. In 2006, the Snowball Express sprung from a heartfelt letter that a solider […]

The nonprofit Miracle Flights organization already books an average of 700 free medical transportation flights per month on commercial airlines for patients in need, adding to the 128,303 flights they have donated for children and adults since 1985. Now, a new outreach program will extend the service to U.S. veterans to reach specialized medical care […]

Seven people at a scenic overlook in California’s Death Valley National Park suffered injuries after a U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet crashed on Wednesday, officials said. Aviation enthusiasts routinely come to see military fighters flying low through what has unofficially been dubbed Star Wars Canyon. Debris was scattered across the canyon as a dark billow […]

Tactical Air Support, Inc, has completed a first on a Northrop F-5 equipped with Garmin‘s G3000 integrated avionics system. The supersonic airplane will soon be used by the U.S. Navy for air-to-air combat training, close-air support training, tactics development and evaluation support, Garmin said. “The maiden flight of the G3000-equipped F-5 is a significant achievement […]