Posted by Java Joe on May 16, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Virginia lawmakers question Navy plans to move a specialized division from Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren, VA, to Indian Head, MD.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags Afghanistan, Alfredo J. Samchez, Ashley Johnson, Boeing P-8A, China carrier, Dahlgren VA, Dale Sisson, Indian Head Naval Surface Warfare Center, John S. McCain, Leslie Taylor, Mark Warner, Meffery D. Butler, NSWC Dahlgren Division, Poseidon, Rob Wittman, Silver Fang, Type 001A carrier
Posted by Java Joe on May 15, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Marine Corps F-35B Lighting II stealth fighters are training alongside Japanese F-35As for the first time at Misawa Air Base in northern Japan. US and Japanese airmen welcomed the first operational JASDF F-35A to Misawa earlier this year.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags Barry McCullough, Bell Boeing JPO, drone sales, EA Engineering, F-35B, Japanese F-35A, Lt. Gen. Scott Howell, Navy SEALS, Operation Inherent Resolve, silent rotor technology, Silver Fang, student loan forgiveness, UAS, USS Harry S. Truman, USS Theodore Roosevelt
Posted by Java Joe on May 14, 2018 · Leave a Comment
U.S. Navy admirals share their thoughts on the future of naval aviation.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags Airborne Tactical Advantage, Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, Army Enterprise Information Systems, Cherie Smith, Chinese stealth aircraft, Da Vinci robot, Jack Lucas, Marillyn Hewson, military pay raises, Naval Aviation, rocket launcher, Russian Bear bombers, self-defense systems, STEM education, Stephen Toumajan, Tree City USA, VADM Paul Grosklags, WC-130 crash
Posted by Java Joe on May 10, 2018 · Leave a Comment
In the wake of a series of troubling aircraft mishaps and crashes ― several of which have been fatal ― Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Dave Goldfein has ordered a one-day safety stand down for all flying and maintenance wings when the service conducts safety reviews.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags Blue Water veterans, Christopher Clark, Corey Barker, Don Ensminger, Gen. David Goldfein, iran nuclear deal, largest cocaine seizure, Lt. Jonathan Larsen, oil prices, RADM Brian Corey, RADM Mark Darrah, safety stand down, Sarah Coppock, sequestration, Tribalco, US Pacific Fleet, USS Fitzgerald, USS Georgia
Posted by Java Joe on May 9, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The Navy says it will re-establishment the US Second Fleet which will be responsible for naval forces along the East Coast and in the northern Atlantic Ocean.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags 2nd Fleet, Army Cyber Command, aviation accidents, Defense Authorization Bill, deployments, F-35 JSF, Maj. Gen. Stephen Fogarty, military parade, NASA InSight, National Rifle Association, Oliver North, United Launch Alliance, US Second Fleet
Posted by Java Joe on May 8, 2018 · Leave a Comment
An F-35B was forced to land after the fuel light attached to its 14,000-gallon fuel tank came on. The jet was reported leaking fuel when it landed and that the engine ran out of fuel before the aircraft came to a stop.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, Air Force Academy, Airbus, chinese cell phones, Dassault, Eagle Systems Inc., House Armed Services Committee, Huawei, Leonardo, Maj. Dave Eastburn, Navy Secretary Richard Spencer, NDAA, Samuel Kyle Fuller, Super Hornet, thornberry, ZTE
Posted by Java Joe on May 7, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Class C ground mishaps in naval aviation have doubled in the past decade. VADM DeWolfe Miller, Naval Air Forces chief, has made eliminating the mistakes his current No. 2 priority — behind the continued efforts to eliminate cockpit physiological episodes.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags aviation accidents, BAE Systems, border wall, Class C ground mishaps, Insight Public Sector, Mike Petters, NavSec Richard Spencer, Navy meritorius advencements, Space-X, SpaceX Dragon, VADM DeWolfe Miller, WC-130 crash
Posted by Java Joe on May 3, 2018 · Leave a Comment
President Trump, honoring Army for its football team and praising all five branches of the military, suggests discussions are ongoing about a sixth branch — a space force.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags DACA, Fitzgerald, InSight, Mars, North Korea, P-8, Poseidon, Russian Su-27, South Korea, space branch, space force, United Airlines
Posted by Java Joe on May 2, 2018 · Leave a Comment
You won’t be commanding a ship, the Navy wants to recruit the “scientific or technical” skills needed to wage cyber war and needs to bring in those software engineers at a captain’s grade. A six-figure salary, commensurate with civilian workers, is necessary to bring the skill needed into the military.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags captain, David Quinn, EFT, F-35, Marine Corps Sgt. David Quinn, Navy's Expeditionary Fast Transport, pay grade, presidential helicopter, sexual assault, software engineer, Sprint, steel tariffs, T-Mobile, Tarawa, tariff, VA, World War II, WWII
Posted by Java Joe on May 1, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Supply challenges and unshared lessons learned of the F-35 could imperil the high-tech aircraft’s operational effectiveness, according to a GAO report released last week.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags Expeditionary Fast Transport Capabilities, F-35B, foreign military sales, Gen. Tony Thomas, hypersonics, Michael Griffin, North Korean missiles, SOCOM, USS Fitzgerald, USS John S. McCain, VADM Joseph Aucoin
