U.S. Navy Carrier Operations in the Korean War l Photos
When North Korean forces crossed the 38th Parallel on June 25, 1950, U.S. Navy carrier aviators were some of the first to respond. Just nine days later, naval aviators flew combat missions in support...
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Attack on Camp Bastion: The Destruction of VMA-211
Late on Friday, Sept. 14, 2012, a Taliban insurgent force of sappers carried out an attack on Camp Bastion, the NATO ISAF base in Afghanistan, resulting in the worst loss of U.S. airpower in a single...
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The Falklands War, 30 Years Later
It is now 30 years since the Argentineans seized the Falklands, one of the last British colonies, and the British seized them back. The war between the two included the hottest naval action of the Cold...
View ArticleX-47B Arrives Aboard USS Harry S Truman
A Northrop Grumman X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System-Demonstrator (UCAS-D) is hoisted aboard USS Harry S Truman (CVN 75), marking a milestone in the Navy’s Unmanned Carrier Launched Airborne...
View ArticleFuture USS Enterprise (CVN 80) Will Be the Third Gerald R. Ford-class...
The future USS Enterprise (CVN 80), will be the third Gerald R. Ford-class carrier to be built, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced via video message at the Dec. 1, 2012 inactivation ceremony of...
View ArticleX-47B UCAS Inaugural Land-based Catapult Launch
While one X-47B was hoisted aboard USS Harry S. Truman for deck handling tests, another was at Naval Air Station Patuxent River for the unmanned combat aerial system’s first catapult launch. “The X-47B...
View ArticleThe Attack on Pearl Harbor: Dec. 7, 1941 | Photos
While we have covered the Pearl Harbor attack extensively elsewhere, both in posts for Defense Media Network and in print, we wanted to commemorate this anniversary with a slideshow of photos taken...
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Navy Forced to Reschedule Carrier Strike Group Rotation
America’s looming fiscal crisis delivered real-world consequences last week with a pair of blows to one of the U.S. Navy’s (USN) cornerstones: carrier strike groups (CSGs). On Wednesday, Feb. 6,...
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Boeing Reveals Updated F/A-XX Concept
Boeing is continuing to refine its concept for a next-generation F/A-XX advanced jet fighter to follow the present-day F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. Just in time for the Navy League’s...
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Escort Carriers and Close Air Support
Escort carriers, nicknamed “baby flattops” and “jeep carriers,” were slow, thin-skinned, small, and cramped. Their crews, in a sarcastic reference to the classification “CVE,” called them “Combustible,...
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