The United States Navy has said that the USS Abraham Lincoln carried out live-fire drills in the South China Sea as part of what it described as ‘routine operations’ in the Indo-Pacific region. The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, which deployed from its homeport in San Diego on November 24, has been operating in the South China…
In separate incidents, two Navy aircraft crashed in the South China Sea on Sunday. A Sea Hawk helicopter went down while conducting what the Navy said was “routine operations.” About 30 minutes later, two crew members on board an F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter were forced to eject, also during routine operations. Everyone on board both…
A World War II sailor who died the day the war officially ended has been accounted for, military officials said Monday. U.S. Navy Reserve Ensign Eugene E. Mandeberg, 23, of Detroit, was a member of Fighting Squadron 88 aboard the USS Yorktown during the summer of 1945, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. He…
A pilot was rescued after a U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet crashed into ocean waters off the coast of Virginia on Wednesday morning, officials said. A little before 10 a.m. ET, a pilot assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 83 ejected from a Super Hornet during a routine training flight, according to a statement from Navy…
The United States deployed two warships Wednesday to a shoal in disputed waters in South China Sea, where two Chinese ships collided earlier in the week while chasing a smaller Philippine ship. The high-seas accident raised concerns about maritime safety and questions about the extent to which the U.S. should involve itself in longstanding tensions between…
China has publicly released the first-ever official footage of flight operations aboard its newest, soon-to-be commissioned aircraft carrier CNS Fujian, marking a watershed moment in the People’s Liberation Army Navy’s (PLAN) naval modernization—and a clear signal of its ongoing technological catch-up with the United States Navy. The footage, published by Chinese state media just before…
The severed bow of the famed American warship USS New Orleans has been found by researchers during seafloor mapping operations in the Pacific Ocean. The bow was discovered resting about 675 meters deep in the Solomon Islands’ Iron Bottom Sound, the site of five major naval battles, the Ocean Exploration Trust said Tuesday in a…
A satellite program that has historically been a key source of weather forecasting data will be discontinued by July 31, as the United States enters peak hurricane season, according to the already resource-strapped National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The federal agency, which includes the National Weather Service, initially said last week that it was going…