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How the Disappearance of Flight 19, a Navy Squadron Lost in 1945, Fueled the Legend of the Bermuda Triangle

Eighty years ago, five planes vanished during a training run off the Florida coast. A patrol plane sent to search for the men ...

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

A critical system failed as a Super Hornet fighter jet was landing on USS Harry S. Truman. The jet slid off the deck into the ...
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U.S. Navy Releases Findings of Investigation on USS Truman’s Eventful Deployment

The Navy completed the investigation about the loss of three F/A-18 Super Hornets and the collision with a merchant vessel ...
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Is the Beechcraft M-346N the next evolution in Navy flight training?

This week on Weapons and Warfare, host Ryan Robertson explores the groundbreaking partnership between Textron and Leonardo to ...
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The F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter has a message for the US Navy

The U.S. Navy once came close to putting the F-16 Fighting Falcon on aircraft carriers via the Vought Model 1600, a navalized ...

Navy cruiser mistook fighter jets for incoming missiles during chaotic night

One of the planes was accidentally shot down by the cruiser USS Gettysburg, which also fired on another Super Hornet.

Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon finds new home at Military Aviation Museum

The Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach has added a Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon aircraft, nicknamed the “Island Doll”, to its collection after it was selected by the American Military ...

Navy finds 'substandard' practices, knowledge and other failures caused carrier incidents at sea

The incidents included the loss of three fighter jets and a collision between an aircraft carrier and a merchant vessel.
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Who was David Michael Jahn? Tributes pour in as Navy officer and flight instructor identified as people onboard New Orleans plane crash

David Michael Jahn, a naval officer from Gulfport, was one of the occupants of a Cessna Skyhawk plane that crashed into a ...

Female pilot, Navy officer flight student presumed dead after plane plummets into New Orleans lake

Taylor Dickey, 30, and her student, Navy Lt. David Michael Jahn, 30, took off from Gulfport–Biloxi International Airport in a Cessna Skyhawk on the ill-fated flight Monday.