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For Sale: The U.S. Navy’s Old Aircraft Carriers?

The U.S. Navy has never sold a decommissioned aircraft carrier due to significant national security risks; even retired, the ...
The first airframe for the US Navy's new E-130J Phoenix II strategic airborne command post has rolled off the production line ...
The BF-01 aircraft soon to be put on display was actually the very first Lightning II to perform a vertical landing.
Five aviation companies are under contract to develop armed, unmanned aircraft and control systems for use on the Navy’s ...
In a drone-and-hypersonic weapon-dominated future, manned fighter aircraft appear anachronistic. Yet this has not stopped the ...
This post as been updated to correct the planned procurement cost for the MQ-25A program. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Aircraft ...
They were always there to protect us when we were flying back to the carriers,’ said Jack Allen of Escondido, who flew F-8 Crusaders during the Vietnam War. ‘Cruisers had a way ...
Based on the C-130J transport, the Phoenix II will replace the jet-powered E-6B Mercury fleet that allows for remote command of the US Navy's submarine-launched nuclear ballistic missiles.