WASHINGTON (AP) — A fighter jet and a helicopter based off the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz both crashed into the South China Sea within 30 minutes of each other, the Navy’s Pacific Fleet said.

A version of this story appeared in the daily Threat Status newsletter from The Washington Times. Click here to receive Threat Status delivered directly to your inbox each weekday. Another F/A-18 fighter jet fell overboard from the USS Harry S. Truman ...

RED SEA, Sudan — A U.S. official told ABC News the USS Harry S. Truman, based at Naval Station Norfolk, had lost a second fighter jet to the sea on Tuesday. ABC News reported that a U.S. Navy F/A-18 fighter jet was coming in for landing to the aircraft ...

Pacific Steller saw the USS Carl C. Vinson, FNS Charles De Gaulle and JS Kaga involved in a Multi-Large Deck Event near the Philippine Sea, with both joint naval operations and cross-deck flight operations. The MLDE (Multi-Large Deck Event) between the U.S ...

The Air Force passed on the YF-17 prototype, preferring the more agile F-16. But Navy planners liked it—ultimately transforming it into the venerable F/A-18. The upcoming F/A-XX contract award will signal the beginning of the end for the fighter that has ...