U.S. Navy Aviation

U.S. Navy Aviation

Two T 45C Goshawk trainers on the flight deck of USS Nimitz during student naval aviator carrier qualifications in the Atlantic on Nov 4, 2026

USS Nimitz Completes East Coast Carrier Qualifications for New and Returning Naval Aviators

USS Nimitz returned to Norfolk after supporting 103 sorties, 442 arrested landings and 152 touch-and-goes during carrier qualifications for new and returning naval aviators. ... Read More

The U S Navy Blue Angels in diamond formation taking off during the 2026 NAS Pensacola Homecoming Airshow

Pensacola’s Airshow Celebrates 200 Years at the Cradle of Naval Aviation

NAS Pensacola’s 2026 Homecoming Airshow drew more than 150,000 visitors for a two-century anniversary celebration and the Blue Angels’ scheduled season finale. ... Read More

Decommissioned AV 8B Harrier displayed at the U S Naval Academy during a Marine Corps aviation dedication

A Harrier Comes to Annapolis: Naval Academy Honors Marine Aviation

A retired AV-8B Harrier II now stands outside Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, linking the Naval Academy’s location to more than a century of Marine aviation. ... Read More

Eugene Ely’s Curtiss pusher biplane positioned on a wooden platform aboard USS Birmingham before the 1910 shipboard takeoff

Eugene Ely’s 1910 Flight Put an Airplane on a Warship’s Bow

Eugene Ely’s Curtiss biplane took off from a wooden platform aboard USS Birmingham in 1910, proving that an airplane could launch from a warship. ... Read More

Front view of a C 130T Hercules inside a hangar during Fleet Readiness Center East maintenance work

Navy’s First C-130T Starts Full Maintenance Cycle at Kinston Depot

Fleet Readiness Center East has begun its first full-scale C-130T maintenance cycle at its new Kinston facility. Here’s what the induction means, what the Navy has not yet disclosed, and how the depot fits into a wider Hercules sustainment plan. ... Read More