US Navy (USN)
Playing the Enemy
Davide Daverio goes behind the scenes with VFC-204 ‘River Rattlers’ in New Orleans to discover how the ‘aggressor’ unit operates
New home for first production F/A-18E Super Hornet
The first production Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet (BuNo 165164 ‘E1’ c/n 1285/E1) was unveiled at the National Museum of Transportation in St Louis, Missouri on August 3, 2024 in a formal dedication ceremony.
Exercise Atlantic Thunder 24 cancelled
Exercise Atlantic Thunder 24 was due to be held from September 2 to 15, however Key.Aero has learned it has been cancelled.
Unique Fairchild returns to Hagerstown
The only survivor of two Fairchild XNQ-1 trainers built during 1946-47 for potential use by the US Navy, BuNo 75726/N5726 arrived back at its birthplace at Hagerstown, Maryland on 10 June, and has now gone on permanent display in the Hagerstown Aviation Museum.
Lake Michigan Grumman Wildcat restored for display
Staff at the Air Zoo in Kalamazoo, Michigan, have completed an 11-year restoration of Grumman FM-2 Wildcat 57039 (also see May 2024 issue of FlyPast).
Work continues on Convair Sea Dart
Prior to Florida’s major Sun ’n’ Fun event in April, staff at the Florida Air Museum completed some minor refurbishments and a thorough clean of Convair YF2-1 Sea Dart 135765.
BAE Systems wins US Navy P-8A EW contract
BAE Systems has secured a $95m contract from the US Navy to supply advanced electronic warfare (EW) pods for the P-8A Poseidon Multi-Mission Maritime Aircraft.
Korean veteran Corsair christened ‘Devotion’
The Siegerland, Germany-based Flying Legends collection has named its Korean War veteran Chance-Vought F4U-5NL Corsair after Adam Makos’ 2015 book Devotion.
VRM-40 welcomes first CMV-22B to Norfolk
The first US Navy-operated CMV-22B Osprey carrier onboard delivery (COD) aircraft for the US Atlantic Fleet arrived at Naval Station Norfolk’s Chambers Field in Virginia on April 5.
First T-54As arrive at Corpus Christi
Textron Aviation delivered the first two T-54A multi-engine training system (METS) aircraft to Training Air Wing 4 (TAW-4) at NAS Corpus Christi, Texas, on April 18.