An F-35C Lightning II, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147, takes off from Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) while underway in the Atlantic Ocean, May 30, 2024. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class August...
An F/A-18F Super Hornet, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 25, launches off the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) in the South China Sea, June 10, 2024. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist...
Personnel from the USS Eisenhower’s Weapons Department posing with some of the air launched weapons available to the Carrier Air Wing. (Image credit: Capt. Chris Hill) Among the showcased weapons there is also the rarely seen GBU-56 Laser JDAM with the...
F/A-18E of VFA-192 carrying two air-launched SM-6 missiles (Image credit: @aeros808) The two missiles sport the designation XAIM-174B and were carried by Super Hornets belonging to the VFA-2 and VFA-192 taking part in RIMPAC 2024 exercise. On Jul. 2, 2024, an...
The Super Hornet with the inert SM-6 missile under its right wing. (Image credit: @StinkJet) Originally developed as a surface-to-air missile, the Standard Missile 6 has been now installed, once again, on a Super Hornet. The reasons remain unknown so far....
View of the USS Bataan from across the West Side Highway in Manhattan, NY. Large crowds waited on long lines to board ship during Fleet Week NYC 2024. (All images, credit: Author) The USS Bataan recently sailed into New York City...
File photo of an F/A-18F Super Hornet launching an AGM-158C LRASM during a test event in 2019. (Photo: NAVAIR) The latest Integrated Test Event is considered a “graduation exercise” of the latest configuration of the weapon. The U.S. Navy and Lockheed...
The first MQ-4C Triton arrived to Naval Air Station (NAS) Sigonella, March 30, 2024. The MQ-4C’s arrival to the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations marks the second forward-deployed detachment for VUP-19. (Courtesy photo U.S. Navy) The MQ-4C’s arrival to the...
A scene from Top Gun: Maverick (Image via Paramount) It looks like there might be another chapter in the saga of Maverick: “Top Gun 3” reportedly in the works at Paramount. I’m not sure I’m happy with the news, but according...
An F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jet, attached to the “Rampagers” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 83, takes off from the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) in the Arabian Gulf Nov. 29, 2023. (U.S. Navy...
