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.
Fired: Joint Chiefs Chairman, Top Navy Leader, Air Force Vice Chief, Service Judge Advocates General In a historic and unprecedented move, the Trump administration on Friday night fired the Joint Chiefs chairman, the Navy's...
Thousands of Pentagon Civilian Workers Will Be Fired Next Week as Trump Purge Begins The massive round of firings is part of an "initial effort" to cut the Defense Department's civilian workforce by 5% to 8%...
VA Crisis Line Employees Among Those Fired Amid Federal Workforce Purge Of the 1,000 employees fired last week from the Department of Veterans Affairs, some were employees who had worked for the...
What's in Store for VA Disability Benefits with New Office of Management and Budget Chief? New OMB Director Russell Vought has contributed to two conservative playbooks that advocate for the revamping of veterans'...
Fort Moore Was Named After My Parents. A Letter Mom Wrote Shows Why It Shouldn’t Go Back to Benning My Dad was a commander in the Vietnam War. My Mom changed how the military cares for widows.
![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)")
