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China Is Watching: First F-35A Lightning II Stealth Fighter Aircraft Arrives in Japan The Pentagon announced Monday that the first F-35A Lightning II aircraft...
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China Is Watching: First F-35A Lightning II Stealth Fighter Aircraft Arrives in Japan The Pentagon announced Monday that the first F-35A Lightning II aircraft...
USS Abraham Lincoln is shifting from the South China Sea to the Red Sea as Washington signals resolve amid unrest in Iran and renewed...
Summary and Key Points – The U.S. Navy faces a critical capability gap as its sixth-generation F/A-XX fighter program remains on indefinite pause due...
Synopsis: Despite the invention of autopilot in 1912 by Lawrence Sperry, U.S. Naval Aviators generally refuse to use it for landing on aircraft carriers....
Key Points and Synopsis: In 2026, the F/A-18 Super Hornet remains the U.S. Navy’s reliable workhorse, prioritizing multirole flexibility and high sortie rates over...
Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Navy’s F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet have been pushed decades beyond their original 6,000-hour design life thanks...
A confrontation seems imminent over the fate of the upcoming F/A-XX naval fighter jet, with planners in Congress and the U.S. Navy on one...
Key Points and Summary: The U.S. Navy’s AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) reached new heights during RIMPAC 2024, proving its precision and versatility in...
In September 2021, aerospace giant Boeing delivered the first of seventy-eight contracted Block III F/A-18 Super Hornets to the U.S. Navy. The Block III...
Introducing the F/A-18 Super Hornet: Back in September, Northrop Grumman announced that its LITENING advanced targeting pod (ATP) successfully completed initial test flights aboard...