NORFOLK, (NNS) – While facing inclement weather, the USS Abraham Lincoln passed its first F-35 carrier qualification while “underway” December 7-11. The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier successfully ...
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson talks with Sailors during an all hands call with Carrier Air Wing 5 (CVW-5) at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni. Dec. 11, 2017 The Ronald Reagan ...
The Navy will deactivate the Grim Reapers of Strike Fighter Squadron 101, consolidating all Joint Strike Fighter operations and training at California’s Naval Air Station Lemoore, officials confirmed ...
An F-35C Joint Strike Fighter from Strike Fighter Squadron 125 (VFA-125) out of Naval Air Station Lemoore, California, made an unexpected landing at Fresno Yosemite International Airport on Monday ...
Pilots from Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 125 “Rough Raiders” and VFA-147 “Argonauts” were the first TOPGUN students to complete the course in the F-35C Lightning II. Maj. Derek Heinz from the Rough ...
An F-35C Lightning II from VFA-86 performs a touch and go aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in the Pacific Ocean. (Photo MC2 Carson Croom / U.S. Navy) The F-35C enhances the carrier strike group’s ability to ...
A recent round of carrier qualifications has been conducted while the first deployable squadron begins training in earnest. An F-35C of VFA-125 “Rough Raiders” traps aboard USS Abraham Lincoln during ...
The U.S. Navy has deactivated its stealth fighter squadron at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The service announced last week that F-35C Joint Strike Fighters belonging to the "Grim Reapers" of Strike ...
The U.S. Navy’s first joint strike fighter squadron netted its safe-for-flight operations certification on Thursday, hitting another milestone on the way to initial ...
The Navy is focused on getting the first operational F-35C squadron ready for deployment in 2021. The US Navy deactivated one of its two F-35C Fleet Replacement Squadrons on May 23, 2019 in an effort ...
The U.S. Navy announced on Sep. 10, 2018 it plans to deactivate (VFA) 101 Grim Reapers at Eglin Air Force Base (AFB). According to the service the deactivation will co-locate the FRS production of ...