WASHINGTON (AP) — After a spate of deadly accidents that have claimed the lives of 20 service members in the past four years, ...
A pair of mishaps in 2025 — back-to-back accidents with a Sea Hawk and Super Hornet from USS Nimitz in the South China Sea ...
In October 1966, the Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Oriskany was preparing for flight ops off Vietnam when a routine ordnance evolution turned catastrophic. -Two sailors accidentally ignited a Mk 24 ...
Investigations released by the Navy into accidents involving the Truman Carrier Strike Group recommended ensuring processes are followed even when faced with adversity.
Longstanding and deadly mechanical problems with the V-22 Osprey have gone unaddressed for years by the joint program office, ...
The following is the Naval Air Systems Command’s comprehensive review of the V-22 Osprey program and the Government ...
The Pentagon’s troubled V-22 Osprey program recorded more serious accidents in each of the last two fiscal years than the ...
Key failures were a faulty aircraft brake system, slippery non-skid deck coating unchanged since 2018, and poor coordination ...
The Navy completed the investigation about the loss of three F/A-18 Super Hornets and the collision with a merchant vessel during the USS Harry S.
Long-running mechanical, faulty metallic alloys in the Prop-Rotor Gear Box and lack of synergy between the U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps have ...
New documents reveal how the USS Gettysburg shot down an F/A-18 and nearly hit a second one above the Red Sea last year.
The incidents of losing the two aircraft from the USS Nimitz while the Bremerton-based aircraft carrier operated in the South China Sea in October remain under investigation.