NAVAL AIR STATION NORTH ISLAND, Calif. – The Navy is making the first major changes to the carrier air wing in a generation. The service just wrapped up the first carrier deployment of the F-35C Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters – the first new fighter jet on a carrier in 20 years – and is […]
Some elements of naval aviation's future, in the form of the Ford and the new E2-D Hawkeye early warning planes, have already arrived in Norfolk. But more is coming soon.
A century of innovations has made what was an unproved concept into a worldwide force one that means carriers based in Hampton Roads can reach anywhere in the world, the Navy's top aviator said.
Walking the flight deck of his old flagship, USS George H.W. Bush, after watching the USS Gerald R. Ford head out for flight deck certification was a chance for the Navy’s top aviator, Vice Adm. Kenneth Whitesell, to think about naval aviation’s future.
ARLINGTON, Va. The Joint Program Office for the military’s F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter is evaluating recent carrier deployments to better understand how the fifth-generation aircraft fared at sea during its first deployment. Air Force Lt. Gen. Eric Fick, the program executive officer for the F-35 JPO, said his office is learning from […]