A Gold Star Father Reflects on the Search for the First Pilot Shot Down During the Gulf War The first night of Operation Desert Storm, Lt. Cmdr. Michael Scott Speicher took off from the flight deck of the USS Saratoga...
The Final 'Wizzo': Marine Corps Captain Graduates as Service's Last F/A-18 Weapons Systems Officer Capt. Michael LoGrande always wanted to fly for the Marine Corps. Even after being medically disqualified to be a pilot, he...
Navy Fighter Jets in the Red Sea Are Sporting Houthi Drone Kill Marks A photo published by the Navy last week shows the silhouettes of two drones and 11 munitions painted on the side of an F/A...
Jet Experienced 'Landing Gear Anomaly' on Runway, Marine Corps Says It is unclear what caused the malfunction, which comes after a summer of high-profile, sometimes deadly aircraft incidents...
Navy Jet Crashes in Death Valley; Pilot Ejects Safely The F/A-18F Super Hornet went down at about 3 p.m. Monday.
Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet Sustains Engine Damage After Hitting a Bird The pilot and weapons systems officer were unharmed and were able to land the two-seater jet following the March 22 mishap.
After 36 Years, Marines' F/A-18 Hornets Have Completed Their Final Carrier Deployment Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornets have flown off the flight deck of a Navy aircraft carrier for the last time.
Facing a Shortfall in the Fleet, the Navy’s Workhorse Fighter Jet Deserves Our Support "The Super Hornet has stood the test of time and offers more service life than its competitors."
Blue Angels' Classic F/A-18 Hornets Take Final Flights After 34 Years The legacy F/A-18 Hornets that have wowed Blue Angels spectators for more than three decades will make their final flight...
Two Jet Pilots from Carrier Roosevelt Safe After Ejecting in Philippine Sea An F-A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the carrier Theodore Roosevelt took a swim in the Philippine Sea.
Trump Administration Fires Female Vice Admiral Amid Widening Purge of Military Officers Vice Adm. Shoshana Chatfield who began her career as a helicopter pilot and was the first woman to be president of the Naval...
Coast Guard Secretary? The Trump Administration Is Planning a Big Redesign of the Service. The complete document of Force Design 2028 has yet to be publicly released, but it calls for a larger workforce...
Everybody Hates You When You Are 23 ... or 43. What Every Veteran Job Seeker Needs to Know In the civilian work world, it seems like everybody hates you when you are 23. If you are a transitioning military member or...
South Dakota Airman Accused of Murdering Native American Woman Could Face Death Penalty Airman Basic Quinterius Charles Chappelle was originally charged with second-degree murder last month after local authorities...
Army Planners Are Weighing Force Reductions of Up to 90,000 Active-Duty Soldiers The Army is quietly considering a sweeping reduction of up to 90,000 active-duty troops, a move that underscores mounting...
![An F/A-18E Super Hornet](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2024-03/mil-super-hornet-vfa-131-uss-eisenhower-1800.jpg?itok=dA0PNdfD "An F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to the "Wildcats" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 131, prepares for flight operations aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Red Sea, March 12, 2024. (Official U.S. Navy photo)")
![F/A-18E Super Hornet Naval Air Station Oceana](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2021-04/dvids-Super-Hornet-Oceana-1800.jpg?itok=DQcAmE2l "An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the "Gladiators" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 106 conducts airshow practice at Naval Air Station Oceana Jan. 15, 2020. (Caledon Rabbipal/U.S. Navy)")
