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AV-8B reverse landing on USS America

Posted on June 19, 2017 by alert5

Posted in Marines, Navy

Syrian Su-22 shot down by F/A-18E

Posted on June 19, 2017June 19, 2017 by alert5

Boeing’s Super Hornet has scored its first air-to-air kill when a Syrian Su-22 was shot down by a U.S. Navy F/A-18E on Jun. 18.

VFA-31 FA-18E landing
By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nathan Laird [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Posted in Air Force, Navy

Every USN F/A-18, EA-18G aircrew getting Garmin Fenix 3

Posted on June 18, 2017June 17, 2017 by alert5

One of the measures taken by the U.S. Navy to combat the physiological episodes on the F/A-18s and EA-18Gs is to issue the aircrew a Garmin Fenix 3 watch.

Give a warm welcome to my new Garmin Fenix3. @garminofficial -fenix3 -gps -sunset -sun -happy -tri -trilife -triathlon -triathlete -trichallenge -triathlonpics -im703 (17531334203)
By Marco Verch [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Aegis destroyer USS Fitzgerald involved in collision at sea, 7 sailors unaccounted for

Posted on June 17, 2017June 17, 2017 by alert5

USS Fitzgerald, a Aegis guided-missile destroyer, was involved in a collision with a Philippine merchant ship southwest of Yokosuka, Japan, on Jun. 17.


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No smoking gun in USN fast jet physiological episodes

Posted on June 17, 2017June 16, 2017 by alert5

A U.S. Navy investigation into persistent oxygen and pressurization issues on the Boeing F/A-18 and T-45 has failed to narrow a single cause behind the problem. Therefore, the service will tackle the problem from multiple angles.

Defense.gov News Photo 110616-N-VE240-057 - U.S. Navy Airman Jessica Tescher left a parachute rigger performs a monthly maintenance check on a pilot s helmet during Exercise Northern Edge
By English: Petty Officer 2nd Class Rufus Hucks, U.S. Navy (www.defense.gov) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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