For the first time, a F/A-18E has recovered and launch from French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle.
Photo: French Navy
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F/A-18E from Top Gun 2 being modified for Blue Angels role
F/A-18E BuNo. 165536 is now at Jacksonville for modifications in order to join the Blue Angels team next year.
Photo: NAWCWD
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LHA 7 delivered to U.S. Navy
The future USS Tripoli has been delivered to the U.S. Navy, Huntington Ingalls Industries announced on Feb. 28.
VAW now stands for Airborne Command and Control Squadron
The U.S. Navy has changed the designation of its E-2 Hawkeye squadrons from Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron to Airborne Command and Control Squadron.
ARABIAN SEA (July 3, 2019) An E-2D Hawkeye assigned to the “Bluetails” of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 121 flies over the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during an air power demonstration. Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points. With Abraham Lincoln as the flagship, deployed strike group assets include staffs, ships and aircraft of Carrier Strike Group 12 (CSG 12), Destroyer Squadron 2 (DESRON 2), USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) and Carrier Air Wing 7 (CVW 7). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Tristan Kyle Labuguen/Released)
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French A330 MRTT flew 3,500km to help refuel Rafale Ms
A French Air Force A330 Phénix aerial refueling tanker took off from Istres on Feb. 15 to help refuel French Navy Rafale M fighters in the Mediterranean.
Photo: French Air Force
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