WASHINGTON (AP) — After a spate of deadly accidents that have claimed the lives of 20 service members in the past four years, ...
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US Navy aircraft carriers might be their own worst enemy
A pair of mishaps in 2025 — back-to-back accidents with a Sea Hawk and Super Hornet from USS Nimitz in the South China Sea ...
The Pentagon’s troubled V-22 Osprey program recorded more serious accidents in each of the last two fiscal years than the ...
One of the planes was accidentally shot down by the cruiser USS Gettysburg, which also fired on another Super Hornet.
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‘Captain, we have an inferno starting’: How one flare nearly destroyed a Navy aircraft carrier
In October 1966, the Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Oriskany was preparing for flight ops off Vietnam when a routine ...
Investigations released by the Navy into accidents involving the Truman Carrier Strike Group recommended ensuring processes ...
The following is the Naval Air Systems Command’s comprehensive review of the V-22 Osprey program and the Government ...
Longstanding and deadly mechanical problems with the V-22 Osprey have gone unaddressed for years by the joint program office, ...
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U.S. Navy and GAO Reports Fault Material Issues, Poor Coordination Between Services for V-22 Osprey Troubles
Long-running mechanical, faulty metallic alloys in the Prop-Rotor Gear Box and lack of synergy between the U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps have ...
The incidents of losing the two aircraft from the USS Nimitz while the Bremerton-based aircraft carrier operated in the South China Sea in October remain under investigation.
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