USS Truman conducted largest airstrike in Navy history, official says
Sixteen aircraft dropped 124,000 pounds of ordnance in less than two minutes during a Feb. 1 airstrike in Somalia, a defense official told Military Times.
By Riley Ceder
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Night vision goggles, weather likely factors in Marine helo crash
The CH-53 Super Stallion crashed Feb. 6, 2024, during a night flight when it hit a mountain near Pine Valley, California, killing all five Marines aboard.
By Tara Copp, AP
1943 Superman comic pits the Man of Steel against the military’s arch nemesis: Jody
Fred Fore is a hopelessly idiotic and overly aggressive dolt in pursuit of Seaman Joe’s gal back home.
By J.D. Simkins
Navy mulls nixing 2019 F/A-18 Super Hornet demonstrations
The Navy will continue operating its Legacy Flight program as scheduled.
By J.D. Simkins
Carrier sends message to Iran
The Abraham Lincoln, with its contingent of Navy escort warships and a fighting force of about 70 aircraft, is the centerpiece of the Pentagon’s response to what it calls Iranian threats to attack U.S. forces or commercial shipping in the Persian Gulf region.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
Midair fire forces Marine CH-53E to land
The heavy-lift helicopter landed safely with no reported injuries.
By Shawn Snow
NORTHCOM: Arctic now America’s ‘first line of defense’
New business opportunities in the Arctic also invite new strategic competition, U.S. defense officials say.
By Kyle Rempfer
Truman sailors ordered to ‘clap like we’re at a strip club’ for Pence visit
Speaking with sailors in the Truman’s hangar bay, the vice president announced the White House’s decision to scrap its cost-saving decommissioning plans for Truman, which will instead enter its midlife Refueling Complex Overhaul.
By J.D. Simkins
Blue Angels begin the shift to Super Hornets
The move to the Super Hornet will mark the first time the elite Navy and Marine fighter jet demonstration team has changed aircraft since it moved from the A-4F Skyhawk II to the F/A-18 Hornet back in 1986.
By Melissa Nelson Gabriel, Pensacola News Journal
This group scores vets free tickets to sporting events, concerts, shows — even the Super Bowl
Vet Tix is a nonprofit that gives veterans and active-duty troops free or heavily discounted tickets to sporting events, concerts and more.
By Joshua Axelrod
Marines identify two pilots killed in AH-1Z Viper helicopter crash
Two pilots were killed in an AH-1Z crash aboard the Yuma air station.
By Shawn Snow