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The Navy’s new F/A-XX fighter might never fly

Key Points and Summary - Congress’s FY2026 NDAA backs the Trump administration’s decision to starve the Navy’s F/A-XX sixth-generation fighter, authorizing just $74 million—an 84% cut from ...

America’s 7 Most Powerful Fighter Jets Of All Time

The United States has produced many of the most powerful and impactful fighter jets and these remain the mainstay of any air ...

The Navy's new supercarrier can now land all of its planes — except the F-35 stealth fighter

All of the Navy's propeller and jet aircraft, except for the F-35, have been given the green light to conduct flight operations aboard the Ford.
AOL

With a boom and sparks, this $60 million Navy jet's aircraft carrier landing unraveled in seconds

A critical system failed as a fighter jet was landing on an aircraft carrier earlier this year. The $60 million F/A-18 fell off the deck of the USS Harry S. Truman and into the Red Sea. A new Navy ...
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Navy recovers fighter jet, helicopter that crashed into South China Sea

The U.S. Navy has successfully recovered the two aircraft that crashed into the South China Sea earlier this year while operating off the USS Nimitz, the service said Monday. A Navy MH-60R Sea Hawk ...
Business Insider

A Navy warship mistook US fighter jets for enemy missiles and opened fire. The targeted pilot saw his life flash before his eyes.

A US Navy warship fired missiles at two American F/A-18 fighter jets above the Red Sea last year. The warship mistook the fighter jets for Houthi cruise missiles, the investigation shows. One of the ...