EA-6B Prowler Ends U.S. Navy Service | Photos
Last week, June 25-27, Electronic Attack Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet (CVWP), held a three-day Sunset Celebration honoring the retirement of …
Naval Forces
“Old Salt” Designation Passes to Vice Adm. Kurt Tidd
The ”Old Salt” designation, honoring the Surface Warfare Officer (SWO) serving on active duty with the earliest Surface …
F-35B Makes First Ski Jump Launch
Once a feat performed only by Harriers, an F-35B makes the first takeoff from a “ski jump,” soon to be …
Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) EMALS Dead Load Sled Launch
Susan Ford Bales, ship’s sponsor and daughter of President Gerald R. Ford, launches a 15,000-pound dead load sled from the …
Flight-Testing of Next-Gen SM-3 Begins
The U.S. Navy and the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) launched the Raytheon Company’s Standard Missile 3 Block IIA in …
Navy Awards Raytheon $149 Million for SM-6 Missiles
The U.S. Navy has awarded Raytheon another $149 million for 74 additional Standard Missile 6 (SM-6) all-up rounds, spares, …
High-tech Solutions for the Oldest Form of Naval Warfare
Courtesy of Surface SITREP. Republished with the permission of the Surface Navy Association.
Navy combatants are designed for …
Book Review – Stay the Rising Sun
Phil Keith’s Stay the Rising Sun provides an intimate portrait of the aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV 2), her …
U.S. Coast Guard: Defending the Nation
Many Americans think the U.S. Coast Guard’s mission is to guard the coast. True, it does, but as …
VMFA-121 F-35B Field Carrier Landing Practice (FCLP)
Cpl. Travis Gersheneck shot this video of F-35Bs carrying out field carrier landing practice (FCLP). F-35B pilots Maj. Aric Liberman …