Bird strike takes out Navy Super Hornet 1 hour ago A F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 106 was damaged last month when it was struck by a bird during a training flight, damaging the engine. One of the squadron s jets is shown here in January. (Navy) A F/A-18F Super Hornet jet suffered engine damage during a flight last month after striking a bird, Navy officials said Thursday. The jet, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 106 out of Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia, experienced the mishap near Naval Air Facility El Centro, California, on March 22, according to Naval Air Forces Atlantic spokesman Lt. Cmdr. Robert Myers.
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Navy Brings ‘Precision Landing Mode’ Carrier Landing Assist Tool to New Fighter Pilots
February 9, 2021 6:33 AM
Rear Adm. John Meier, commander, Naval Air Forces Atlantic, communicates with pilots assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 106 from the landing signal officer platform on USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) flight deck, Feb. 7, 2021. Meier is onboard to observe Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 106’s inaugural use of Precision Landing Mode during carrier qualifications(CQ). Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting CQ. US Navy photo.
The Navy is in the final stages of fully adopting a Precision Landing Mode for fighter pilots, with young fleet replacement squadron pilots for the first time conducting carrier qualifications with the tool that significantly cuts down on the work required during an approach to the back of an aircraft carrier at sea.
crew in good shape, clearly that s a critical part of this, to be able to sit down with them in the formal process. we ll get all the facts they have, reconstruct it in their minds and get it down as to what went on and what they can recall from it. pretty dramatic experience that they went through. but these are very, very skilled, very professional officers, among the best we have. i m very confident we ll get a very good detailed breakdown of what occurred. sadly, we ve had some experience with this type of investigation. i have great confidence in admiral branch and his team at naval air forces atlantic and here at oceania, we have the exact right people we need to do exactly what we need to do. we ll do it in a very measured pace. we will not rush to judgment. we ll get everything down, find out exactly what happened and then we ll share that information with the mayor and all the other appropriate people when we have it ready to go. have you talked to the pilots yet? and was th