USN – The Tactical Air Network

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...]

360 Degree Video: Low Level Flight in a Super Hornet

February 10, 2016 // 0 Comments

Not too long ago, I shared a 360-degree video created by the Patrouille Suisse, the Swiss Air Force’s jet demonstration team. The cool thing about 360-degree videos [read more...]

Dropping a Fully-Loaded Super Hornet 20 Feet

January 26, 2016 // 0 Comments

Aircraft designed to operate from the decks of seagoing aircraft carriers need to have extremely resilient landing gear, allowing them to withstand the effects of carrier [read more...]

Think the F-35 is Bad? It Could Always be Worse: F7U Cutlass-worse

October 6, 2015 // 1 Comment

Lockheed Martin’s F-35A/B/C Lightning II gets more than its fair share of bad press these days. But, as they say, it could always be worse. Let’s have a look at [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...]

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...]

Tyndall AFB Bids Pharewell to the Phantom

July 24, 2015 // 1 Comment

Lieutenant Colonel Todd Houchins, commanding officer of the 53rd Test Support Squadron and one of a dwindling number of qualified F-4 Phantom II pilots in the United States [read more...]

Interview: Dogfighting with Learjets

July 4, 2015 // 2 Comments

Not too long ago, I posted an article on Draken International, a firm based out of Florida that is home to the largest private air force in the world (meaning that its [read more...]