Navy
Another Hornet in Davy Jones’ Locker
Another Fighter Jet Tumbles from Truman Carrier Deck into Red Sea By Konstantin Toropin The USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier lost another F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet on Tuesday — the third since it deployed to the Middle East — this time amid a landing incident that caused the jet to go overboard, defense […]
Valor Friday
I’ve several times talked about men and women of valor who have received decorations from allied governments. Sometimes, as in the case of recipients of the top valor awards (such as a Medal of Honor or the Victoria Cross), these foreign decorations are nearly automatic. For example, virtually every Medal of Honor recipient in the […]
Splash One Hornet Pt 2
USS Truman US Navy sinks $60 million jet in Red Sea while avoiding Houthi attack Story by DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD A US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet was lost in the Red Sea after it fell overboard from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier after the carrier made a hard turn to avoid a […]
Splash One Hornet
USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) Navy Super Hornet falls overboard as USS Harry Truman makes hard turn during Houthi attack The aircraft was being towed when the crew lost control of the Super Hornet. Both the plane and the tow tractor fell overboard. Jeff Schogol A Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet and a tow tractor fell […]
Habemus Papam!
Habemus Papam! (We have a Pope!) – well, not really. No doubt all the Church potentates will See (sorry) their way to name a new Holy Father in due time. What we got here is even rarer – it looks like the Navy has finally found a mission for which the Littoral Combat Ships – […]
Dominican Republic 1965
JeffLPH sends – this was the USS Okinawa ‘Family Newsletter’ from 15 May 1965. May not ring bells with many of you, but we got ourselves briefly involved in another hot spot then, half-way around the world from Vietnam. He notes that the deployment went so rapidly that they had trucks piling up on the […]
Not so critical
Back in 2021, the Navy said that adding hypersonic missiles to its weapons mix was urgent at critical: The service previously described it as a critical capability that needed to be fielded before 2030. Four years later….apparently it isn’t really. The U.S. Navy has halted plans to acquire an air-launched, air-breathing hypersonic anti-ship cruise […]
She coulda been a SEAL
This middle-aged lawyer lady from Long Island is suing the Navy. She was *this* close to fulfilling her lifelong dream of becoming the first female Navy SEAL. If only the Navy hadn’t slow-walked her application past the line where she was now too old. Those nefarious Navy recruiters risked missing their quota and signing a real […]
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