Old-school steam still works—the advantages of the USS Ford’s new electromagnetic flight deck … [+] machinery have yet to translate from PowerPoint to reality. U.S. Navy As the Pentagon’s ...
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America’s New Aircraft Carrier Struggled To Certify Pilots Before 2022 Deployment
Failures aboard the USS Ford complicated carrier qualifications for the “Gladiators” of Strike … [+] Fighter Squadron (VFA) 106. U.S. Navy If the fiscal year 2022 weapons system repo...
Scratch One Super Hornet – It Fell Off a Navy Aircraft Carrier
Sailors conduct a high-powered turn on an F/A-18E Super Hornet, from the “Kestrels” of Strike … [+] Fighter Squadron (VFA) 137, on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Ni...