WASHINGTON (AP) — After a spate of deadly accidents that have claimed the lives of 20 service members in the past four years, ...
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US Navy aircraft carriers might be their own worst enemy
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 ...
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‘Captain, we have an inferno starting’: How one flare nearly destroyed a Navy aircraft carrier
In October 1966, the Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Oriskany was preparing for flight ops off Vietnam when a routine ...
Two U.S. Navy aircraft were swiftly recovered in October 2025. They contained technology that could be exploited by the ...
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 Pentagon’s troubled V-22 Osprey program recorded more serious accidents in each of the last two fiscal years than the ...
The following is the Naval Air Systems Command’s comprehensive review of the V-22 Osprey program and the Government ...
Key failures were a faulty aircraft brake system, slippery non-skid deck coating unchanged since 2018, and poor coordination ...
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U.S. Navy Releases Findings of Investigation on USS Truman’s Eventful Deployment
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.
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.
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