US Navy

F-35s Can Now Function as Airborne Spotters for US Navy Warships

September 16, 2016 // 2 Comments

A US Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II (STOVL variant) just proved, a few days ago, that it could successfully function as a spotter of sorts for US Navy surface warships that [read more...]

The US Navy Has Concluded Its Investigation into the Crash of Blue Angel Capt. Jeff Kuss

September 15, 2016 // 9 Comments

On June 2nd of this year, US Marine Captain Jeff “Kooch” Kuss, the Number 6 pilot for the US Navy’s flight demonstration team – the Blue Angels [read more...]

This is Without a Doubt the Weirdest Ejection in US Navy History

September 14, 2016 // 11 Comments

A good friend of mine who, in his younger days, flew the Grumman A-6 Intruder strike jet for the US Navy once gruffly told me: “They don’t make ’em like the [read more...]

Opinion: Hating the F-35 Has Become a Fad

June 27, 2016 // 23 Comments

By Armando Heredia and Ian D’Costa for The Tactical Air Network We won’t beat around the bush. Simply put — it’s now popular to “hate” [read more...]

Russian Su-24 Fencers Buzz US Navy Destroyer in the Baltic Sea

April 13, 2016 // 6 Comments

US Department of Defense officials have just released a series of videos and a statement on Russian Sukhoi Su-24 Fencers executing close-proximity passes near the USS Donald [read more...]

The Sneakiest Pass of All Sneak Passes

August 20, 2015 // 1 Comment

The sneak pass is probably one of my most favorite maneuvers performed by the US Navy’s Blue Angels and the US Air Force’s Thunderbirds. Typically executed by the [read more...]

Epic Military Pranks: Squealing Pigs and the USS John F. Kennedy

August 20, 2015 // 0 Comments

YouTube is chock-full of epic pranks pulled by our fighting men and women on each other to alleviate the inevitable boredom that comes along with life in the military. The [read more...]

A South Vietnamese Air Force Officer Was Responsible for One of the Craziest Carrier Landings of All Time

August 20, 2015 // 25 Comments

The early weeks of April, 1975 found the USS Midway steaming towards the coast of South Vietnam to link up with a number of other warships including the USS Coral Sea and [read more...]

Take a Ride with the Blues Angels in This Video

August 14, 2015 // 0 Comments

Chances are that if you’re interested in aviation in some way or another, especially military aviation, you’ve more than likely wanted to fly with the Blue [read more...]

Piasecki’s X-49 is the Fastest Sea Hawk in Existence

August 5, 2015 // 0 Comments

Historically speaking, Piasecki Aircraft is no stranger to designing aircraft that challenge the current mainstays of aviation, specifically in the world of rotorcraft. [read more...]