SEPTEMBER 23, 2021 — Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, in conjunction with the Navy Gold Star Program and Navy installations around the world, hosted the sixth annual “Bells Across America for Fallen Service Members” Sept. 23. The event is aligned with Gold Star Mother’s and Family Day, which is the last Sunday in September. Sailors in their dress whites gathered … [Read more...]
USS Wyoming Successfully Tests Trident II Missiles
ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 17, 2021) An unarmed Trident II D5LE missile launches from the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Wyoming (SSBN 742) off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida, during Demonstration and Shakedown Operation (DASO) 31. This launch was part of the U.S. Navy Strategic Systems Program’s DASO certification process. The primary objective of DASO is to … [Read more...]
Navy T-45C Goshawk Crashes in Lake Worth, Texas, No Fatalities
SEPTEMBER 19, 2021 - Today at approximately 11 a.m. CDT, a Navy T-45C Goshawk jet trainer aircraft assigned to Training Air Wing 2 at Naval Air Station Kingsville, Texas, crashed in Lake Worth, Texas, approximately two miles northeast of Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth. The two pilots ejected from the aircraft. The instructor pilot was reported in stable condition; the student … [Read more...]
Sailors Conclude Testing of Navy’s eNavFit Pilot Program
SEPTEMBER 17, 2021 - Selected Reserve (SELRES) Sailors assigned to various Navy Reserve units across the United States recently concluded testing efforts of a pilot program for eNavFit, the Navy’s new performance evaluation interface, scheduled to replace NAVFIT98A. Reserve Component (RC) testing of the program, which began earlier this summer, aimed to examine the … [Read more...]
F-35 Conducts First Aerial Refueling With T1 Drone
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021 - The Navy’s Unmanned Carrier Aviation (PMA-268) program completed its first aerial refueling of an F-35C Lightning II aircraft by the Boeing-owned MQ-25 test asset, known as T1, as part of the Navy’s broader initiative to field unmanned systems that transform and enhance the fleet’s capability, capacity and lethality. “Every T1 flight with another … [Read more...]