Summary and What You Need to Know: The U.S. Navy has acquired additional F-16 Fighting Falcons from the U.S. Air Force to replace retiring legacy F/A-18 Hornets used for adversary combat training.

The 53rd Test and Evaluation Group completed an operational taxi test with a U.S. Navy AGM-84N Harpoon Block II+ anti-ship missile loaded on a U.S. Air Force F-16 in a demonstration of rapid ...

As happened in May 2024, F-16 in Russian-inspired camouflage color scheme recently intercepted Russian aircraft off Alaska. Earlier this month, Russian Navy Il-38 and Il-38N “Dolphin” (NATO ...

U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets multirole fighters are seen on board aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan as it sails in South China Sea on its way to Singapore on October 16, 2019. The Navy has ...

With a thunderous bang, a Navy F/A-18 slammed onto the deck of the USS Carl Vinson on Feb. 16, snagging a steel wire with its tailhook to complete a “trap,” the Navy’s term for a safe ...

the Navy said in a statement to USA TODAY. The aircraft, a variant of the F/A-18 Super Hornet, was part of Electronic Attack Squadron 130, known as the “Zappers.” A search team, including a ...