Two F-35Bs Operate From USS Wasp
Two Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters operated from USS Wasp (LHD 1) for 18 days of sea …
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The Blue Angels: A 65 Year History
At the end of World War II, the Chief of Naval Operations, Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, ordered the formation …
Challenge in Transition
Of all the presentations at the 2011 Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space Exposition in Washington, D.C., perhaps the most interesting was the …
Undeclared War in the Atlantic: The U.S. Navy Versus the U-boats
In October 1941, the United States was the only major industrial power still neutral. But that status was becoming increasingly …
Responsive, Relevant, Rotary-wing
Eighty years ago, the U.S. Navy bought three XOP-1 autogyros for testing. After three historic landings on the carrier Langley …
On the Sea of Stars
When President Dwight D. Eisenhower launched America’s campaign in the space race, he had several reasons for insisting the nation’s …
Marine Cobras in Iraq: Naval Aviation Through the Decades
Entering a new century, the U.S. naval aviation weathered 9/11, fought in Afghanistan and Iraq, reduced its carrier force (to …
USSOCOM Awards New Combatant Craft Contracts
United States Special Operations Command representatives have awarded two Indefinite Delivery-Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts for the design, build, delivery and …
Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) Launches the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye
The first Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) catapult launch of an E-2D Advanced Hawkeye from the runway at Joint Base …
Outsourced Flight Support: Airborne Tactical Advantage Company
The second in our series on outsourced flight support profiles Airborne Tactical Advantage Company, better known as ATAC. As in …