In the 2025 budget year, the severe accident rate per 100,000 flight hours spiked 55% for military aircraft over the same ...

The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) conducts flight operations, launching F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jets during composite training unit exercise (COMPTUEX) in preparation for an ...

Even beyond the numerous portrayals in film and television, it's hard to imagine the circumstances that brought about the ...

Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06), a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, delivered important wins for North Missouri in the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, which ...

The U.S. Navy says it has recovered an F/A-18F Super Hornet and an MH-60R Seahawk lost from USS Nimitz in two separate incidents in the South China Sea back in October. The U.S. Navy recovered the ...

TRONA, Calif. (AP) — A fighter jet with the Air Force’s elite Thunderbirds demonstration squadron crashed in the Southern California desert Wednesday, but the pilot managed to eject safely, the ...

It’s a big deal whenever an aircraft carrier loses a plane during a deployment. In a six-month span while deployed to the Red Sea this year, the USS Harry S. Truman lost three F/A-18 Super Hornets, ...

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Ride along in the cockpit of a Super Hornet as it tears through the skies over downtown Chicago. This rare footage from the Air and Water Show puts you right in the action. ‘Heartbroken’ Richard ...

Engines Two GE F404-GE-402 afterburning turbofans (~17,700 lbf total thrust) Two GE F414-GE-400 afterburning turbofans (~44,000 lbf total thrust) Top Speed ~1,190 mph (1,915 km/h) / Mach 1.8 ~1,190 ...

The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) released a sources sought notice on Nov. 10, 2025, in support of PMA209 Air Combat Electronics Program Office. According to the notice, as part ...

It will come as no surprise to learn that the Navy doesn't let just anyone fly its $60 million aircraft. So who does get to pilot the service‘s most advanced, challenging and powerful fighter, the ...