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An F/A-18F Super Hornet attached to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 9, the “Vampires,” takes off from Naval Air Station Point Mugu, California, September 11, 2025. Gray Flag 2025 is the naval aviation test community’s premier large force test event, providing unique venues for large scale integration of new capabilities across services and platform. Working with the Joint Force, industry, and our nation’s allies to ensure seamless integration and interoperability is key to ensuring warfighters have a decisive advantage in the field. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John T. Jarrett)

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The U.S. Navy’s F/A-18 Super Hornet Fighter Is Almost Obsolete

Key Points and Summary – Boeing will end F/A-18E/F Super Hornet production in 2027, citing no new export wins, Navy priorities for the sixth-gen...

Steve BalestrieriSeptember 20, 2025

(June 19, 2006) – An F-14D Tomcat from Fighter Squadron Three One (VF-31), the “Tomcatters,” performs a fly by past the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). For the past 30 years, the F-14 Tomcat has assured U.S. air superiority, playing a key role in ensuring victory and preserving peace around the world. The F-14 Tomcat will be removed from service and officially stricken from the inventory in September of 2006. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Miguel A. Contreras PH2 CONTRERAS MIGUEL

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The U.S. Navy’s Big F-14 Tomcat Fighter Mistake Still Stings

Key Points and Summary (Published on 9/20/2025 at 8:00 AM) – Born from the failure of the F-111B, the F-14 Tomcat gave U.S. carriers...

Harry J. KazianisSeptember 20, 2025

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Wash. (Aug. 14, 2003) -- Illustration of USS Ohio (SSGN 726) which is undergoing a conversion from a Ballistic Missile Submarine (SSBN) to a Guided Missile Submarine (SSGN) designation. Ohio has been out of service since Oct. 29, 2002 for conversion to SSGN at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Four Ohio-class strategic missile submarines, USS Ohio (SSBN 726), USS Michigan (SSBN 727) USS Florida (SSBN 728), and USS Georgia (SSBN 729) have been selected for transformation into a new platform, designated SSGN. The SSGNs will have the capability to support and launch up to 154 Tomahawk missiles, a significant increase in capacity compared to other platforms. The 22 missile tubes also will provide the capability to carry other payloads, such as unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs), unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and Special Forces equipment. This new platform will also have the capability to carry and support more than 66 Navy SEALs (Sea, Air and Land) and insert them clandestinely into potential conflict areas. U.S. Navy illustration. (RELEASED)

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The U.S. Navy’s Big Ohio-Class Submarine Mistakes Still Sting

Key Points and Summary – The Ohio-class SSGNs were a post–Cold War judo move: convert four surplus ballistic-missile submarines into covert cruise-missile and special-operations...

Harry J. KazianisSeptember 19, 2025

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Wasp-Class Assault Ship: The U.S. Military’s ‘Secret’ Mini-Aircraft Carrier

Key Points and Summary (Published On 9/19/2025 10:59 AM) – The eight-ship Wasp-class landing helicopter dock (LHD) succeeded Tarawa as the Navy–Marine Corps sea...

Christian OrrSeptember 19, 2025

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The U.S. Navy Built A Record 55 ‘Jeep’ Casablanca-Class Aircraft Carriers for 1 Mission

Key Points and Summary – America’s Casablanca-class escort aircraft carriers were WWII’s most numerous flattops: 55 “Jeep” carriers mass-produced by Henry Kaiser’s yards to...

Stephen SilverSeptember 18, 2025

A joint test team including the Flight Test Division of the French Directorate General of Armaments (DGA/EV), the French Naval Aeronautics Experimentation Center (CEPA/10S), and the U.S. Navy’s Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 are leading flight tests that will enable the French fighter jet Dassault Rafale to aerial refuel with naval aviation’s F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler. The tanker qualification partnership paves the way for an extended reach and enhanced interoperability for allied airpower. (U.S. Navy photo by Erik Hildebrandt) Erik_Hildebrandt

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Dassault Rafale Fighter vs. F/A-18 Super Hornet: Who Wins in 4 Words

Key Points and Summary – France’s Dassault Rafale and America’s F/A-18E/F Super Hornet are first-rate multirole fighters, but they win in different ways. -Rafale’s...

Isaac SeitzSeptember 17, 2025

Pascagoula, MS - The future USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125) completed acceptance trials, May 18. DDG 125 is the first Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer built in the Flight III configuration. Photo courtesy of Huntington Ingalls Industries' Ingalls Shipbuilding division

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The ‘New’ Arleigh Burke–Class Flight III Destroyer Has a Message for the U.S. Navy

Key Points and Summary – The Navy’s Arleigh Burke-Class Flight III Destroyers were conceived after plans for a new cruiser died, leaving a gap...

Harry J. KazianisSeptember 17, 2025

241204-N-VW723-2064 PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 4, 2024) The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Greeneville (SSN 772) transits the Pacific Ocean while supporting a distinguished visitor embark, Dec. 4, 2024. Greeneville is one of four Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarines assigned to Commander, Submarine Squadron 11. These submarines are capable of supporting various missions, including: anti-submarine warfare; anti-ship warfare; strike warfare; and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Keenan Daniels)

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The Navy’s 688I ‘Improved’ Los Angeles-Class Submarine Has a Message for the U.S. Navy

Key Points and Summary – The “Improved” Los Angeles–class—known as the 688I—was the Navy’s decisive answer to late–Cold War threats and post–Cold War strike...

Harry J. KazianisSeptember 16, 2025

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82) moves into position for an underway exercise with the British Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) and Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001). The future USS Michael Monsoor is the second ship in the Zumwalt-class of guided-missile destroyers. (Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class John Philip Wagner, Jr./Released)

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The U.S.-China South China Sea War of 2025: Who Would Win?

Key Points and Summary – “Winning” a U.S.–China clash in the South China Sea isn’t about sinking fleets but achieving political aims. -Week one...

Andrew LathamSeptember 16, 2025

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