Boeing has delivered the first Super Hornet test aircraft for the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angel flight demonstration squadron. The jet is now at NAS Patuxent River.
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First captive carry flight of AARGM-ER on Super Hornet
NAVAIR says the first captive carry flight test of an Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile – Extended Range (AARGM-ER) missile on the Super Hornet has occurred on Jun. 1.
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CVW 8 conducts flight operations with inert ordnance aboard USS Gerald R. Ford
F/A-18Es assigned to CVW-8 are now operating aboard USS Gerald R. Ford with inert ordnance. The ship’s captain, Capt. J.J. Cummings, said 40,000 pounds of inert weapons were moved via the ship’s lower stage weapons elevator (LSWE).
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Sailors from VFA-213 pulled off USS Gerald R. Ford after one of them test positive for COVID-19
Sailors assigned to VFA-213 had to depart from USS Gerald R. Ford on May 27 after one of them tested positive for COVID-19. More than 100 of them went aboard the ship a day earlier, the infected sailor was not among them, however, the person did have contact with squadron mates.
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Tomcat Tales official trailer
Speed & Angels Productions will premier its F-14 documentary, Tomcat Tales, next month. The film’s director Mark Vizcarra flew the Tomcat as a naval aviator.