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F-47 NGAD and F/A-XX: Boeing Now Builds US Air Force and US Navy Sixth-Generation Stealth Fighters. Now the Hard Work Begins

Broad wings, enormous internal volume and reinforced twin-wheel nose gear all point to a heavy, long-range carrier jet designed to strike from beyond China's...

Brandon Weichert6 days ago

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I Was a US Navy Anti-Submarine Warfare Operator: The Soviet Alfa-Class Was the Fastest and Deepest-Diving Submarine Ever Built — 40-Plus Knots and a 900-Meter Design Depth. X-Rays Found Cracks in the Titanium, So They Capped It at 400. The Reactor Was So Loud They Could Not Use the Speed Either.

Project 705 was built from a titanium alloy that cannot be welded in open air, so the Soviets constructed a sealed hall filled with...

Sean Spoonts6 days ago

260516-N-FY193-1763 NORFOLK, Va. (May 16, 2026) USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) returned to Naval Station Norfolk, May 16, 2026, following a historic 11-month deployment to U.S. 2nd, 4th, 5th, and 6th Fleets as part of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group. Before returning to Norfolk after 326 days, the Gerald R. Ford crew conducted 23 replenishments-at-sea and sailed over 57,713 nautical miles. Embarked Carrier Air Wing 8 logged more than 5,760 flight hours and 12,200 flight launches. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mike Shen)

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$4,000,000 to Flush a Toilet on USS Gerald R. Ford? The Answer Is Yes for this Nuclear Aircraft Carrier

The VCHT replaced gravity plumbing the Navy had used since the age of sail — narrower pipes, less fresh water, bends where straight drops...

Sean Spoonts7 days ago

USS Kingsville (LCS 36) sails toward Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) in California on a recent morning as a flock of brown pelicans flies low over the Pacific Ocean. Homeported in San Diego, LCS 36 is an Independence-variant littoral combat ship that was commissioned in 2024. The arrival marked the ship’s first visit to NSWC PHD, where it underwent a Combat Systems Assessment Team event to ensure combat readiness. Designed to operate closer to shore than guided-missile destroyers and cruisers, USS Kingsville is outfitted for mine countermeasures missions. (U.S. Navy photo by Eric Parsons)

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The US Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship Is the Big Headache That Won’t Seem to Ever End

The Navy tried to offload its Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ships on South American partners, then pulled two off the sales list in January. It...

Brandon Weichert7 days ago

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‘USS Never-Docks’: Why It Feels Like US Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carriers Never Come Home and The Toll They Take on Sailors and Their Families

With 11 carrier strike groups covering the commitments 15 once did, nine- and 11-month deployments are becoming routine. Crews get 12-hour shifts, deferred maintenance...

Sean Spoonts7 days ago

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The US Navy Just Might Have Second Thoughts on the F/A-XX Aircraft Carrier Fighter

The new F/A-XX will be an expensive platform that cannot live up to its promise simply because the tyranny of distance is so great...

Brandon WeichertSeptember 29, 2026

Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) sails in U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Sept. 24, 2026. The George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations to support maritime security and stability in the Middle East. (U.S. Navy photo)

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The US Navy’s Aircraft Carrier Air Wing Is What Makes Aircraft Carriers So Powerful. But That Air Wing Has Slipped from 90 Aircraft to 65 and Lost Its Edge

The A-6 Intruder left the fleet in 1997 and a number of them were sunk off Florida as artificial reefs. The stealth bomber built...

Steve BalestrieriSeptember 29, 2026

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The US Air Force Wanted 93 Mach 3 YF-12 Interceptors and Built 3. The Program Died in 1968, and Its Radar and Missile Went On to Arm the US Navy’s F-14 Tomcat for the Next 40 Years.

Kelly Johnson's idea was to turn the CIA's A-12 into a missile truck that could sit above 80,000 feet at three times the speed...

Brandon WeichertSeptember 28, 2026

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I Am a Retired US Army Special Forces NCO: NATO Asked for a Weapon to Arm Truck Drivers and Artillerymen Who Would Probably Never Fire It. It Ended Up With DEVGRU, GSG 9, GIGN and the US Capitol Police.

The 1989 requirement was to defeat the CRISAT target — 1.6mm of titanium backed by twenty layers of Kevlar — which no pistol cartridge...

Steve BalestrieriSeptember 28, 2026

Four F-117 Nighthawks fly in formation during a sortie over the Antelope Valley recently. After 25 years of history, the aircraft is set to retire soon. As the Air Force's first stealth fighter, the F-117 is capable of performing reconnaissance missions and bombing critical targets, all without the enemy's knowledge. (Photo by Bobbi Zapka)

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Lockheed Wanted to Put the F-117 Nighthawk on US Navy Aircraft Carriers. It Proposed 255 of Them at $70,000,000 Each — Almost $17,900,000,000 — and Congress Set Aside $175,000,000 Just to Study Whether It Would Work. The Navy Said No Twice.

The Navy had just lost the A-12 Avenger II and had nothing to replace the aging A-6 Intruder, so Lockheed pitched the F-117 stealth...

Brandon WeichertSeptember 28, 2026

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F-47 NGAD and F/A-XX: Boeing Now Builds US Air Force and US Navy Sixth-Generation Stealth Fighters. Now the Hard Work Begins

Aerospace & Defense

I Was a US Navy Anti-Submarine Warfare Operator: The Soviet Alfa-Class Was the Fastest and Deepest-Diving Submarine Ever Built — 40-Plus Knots and a 900-Meter Design Depth. X-Rays Found Cracks in the Titanium, So They Capped It at 400. The Reactor Was So Loud They Could Not Use the Speed Either.

Aerospace & Defense

$4,000,000 to Flush a Toilet on USS Gerald R. Ford? The Answer Is Yes for this Nuclear Aircraft Carrier

Aerospace & Defense

The US Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship Is the Big Headache That Won’t Seem to Ever End

Aerospace & Defense

‘USS Never-Docks’: Why It Feels Like US Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carriers Never Come Home and The Toll They Take on Sailors and Their Families

Aerospace & Defense

The US Navy Just Might Have Second Thoughts on the F/A-XX Aircraft Carrier Fighter

Aerospace & Defense

The US Navy’s Aircraft Carrier Air Wing Is What Makes Aircraft Carriers So Powerful. But That Air Wing Has Slipped from 90 Aircraft to 65 and Lost Its Edge

Aerospace & Defense

The US Air Force Wanted 93 Mach 3 YF-12 Interceptors and Built 3. The Program Died in 1968, and Its Radar and Missile Went On to Arm the US Navy’s F-14 Tomcat for the Next 40 Years.

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I Am a Retired US Army Special Forces NCO: NATO Asked for a Weapon to Arm Truck Drivers and Artillerymen Who Would Probably Never Fire It. It Ended Up With DEVGRU, GSG 9, GIGN and the US Capitol Police.

Aerospace & Defense

Lockheed Wanted to Put the F-117 Nighthawk on US Navy Aircraft Carriers. It Proposed 255 of Them at $70,000,000 Each — Almost $17,900,000,000 — and Congress Set Aside $175,000,000 Just to Study Whether It Would Work. The Navy Said No Twice.

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