Skyraiders Torpedo the Hwachon Dam
A noisy, leaky propeller plane and an old but reliable weapon joined forces in 1951 to carry out an attack …
Naval Forces
USS Porter (DDG 78) Damaged in Collision With Japanese Oil Tanker | Photos
The guided missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) collided with the Japanese-owned, Panamanian-flagged very large crude carrier (VLCC) M/V Otowasan …
F-35B First Aerial Weapons Release
F-35B aircraft BF-03 drops a GBU-32 1,000-pound JDAM from one of its internal weapons bays during its first aerial weapons …
Somerset (LPD 25) Christened
Pre-commissioning Unit Somerset (LPD 25), the U.S. Navy’s newest San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, was christened July 28 during a …
UH-1Y Huey Conducts Live Fire Training
U.S. Marines with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169 “The Vipers” conduct aerial patrols and live fire training in a …
1812: The Navy’s War
With the bicentennial commemorations of the War of 1812 ongoing there is sure to be a wave of books covering …
The Destruction of Convoy PQ-17
In mid-1942, President Franklin Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill wrestled with a stark – and embarrassing – fact. Of …
Coastal Riverine Force (CORIVFOR) Merges Riverine and Maritime Expeditionary Security Forces (MESF)
On June 1, 2012, the Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) stood up a new command, the Coastal Riverine Force (CORIVFOR) …
The Grumman XF10F-1 Jaguar
The Grumman XF10F-1 Jaguar fighter of the 1950s would have been a brilliant mistake if the thinking behind it had …
F-35B Flies With External Stores
Lockheed Martin recently released this video of the F-35B variant carrying external stores. Prominent among them is the stealthy centerline …