For 10 days, Navy pilots exercised their muscle memory for putting their high-powered, 20-ton aircraft onto a moving, ...
A F/A-18F Super Hornet, attached to the aircraft carrier USS George Washington, Nov. 29, 2025. (Lillian Olen/U.S. Navy) For the past 10 days, naval aviators across six squadrons attached to the ...
Breaking from a tradition that is decades old, the US Navy has decided to change the way that its student pilots prove worthy of the 'Wings of Gold' that designate them as carrier-qualified aviators.