WASHINGTON — A U.S. Navy destroyer with about 300 sailors aboard suffered a major breakdown in the Pacific Ocean last month that left it without power for four days, the Navy confirmed in a statement. The USS Benfold “reported an engineering casualty involving its generators, causing a loss of power” on July 24, Navy spokesman
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is ordering the U.S. Navy to remove the advanced system used to launch fighter jets from its newest type of aircraft carrier and return to using older steam catapults that he has long said he prefers, according to a directive issued Thursday. The new mandate would likely cost billions of
A UK government spokesman said: “This is a matter for the French authorities.” French authorities said the public service patrol vessel Flamant had carried out a pistol shooting exercise off the coast of Cap de Gris-Nez. A spokesperson said: “To maintain their high level of operability in the current international context, French Navy units train
Russia canceled its historic Navy Day parade for the second year in a row and instead held a silent event featuring only large banners of warships. Two lines of about 30 sailors greeted the country’s leader, Vladimir Putin, as he arrived Sunday at the Russian Navy’s headquarters in St. Petersburg, where the Kremlin said he
WASHINGTON– The U.S. Navy is taking a major step to restrict press access to information about service members by no longer publishing information about any sailor’s service history, information the service has provided for free for decades. The move, which officials say is being driven by heightened security threats and harassment concerns, comes amid a
Beachgoers captured the moment a US Navy Blue Angels plane flew surprisingly close to a crowd in Pensacola Beach, Florida, at an air show on Wednesday. A video shared on social media showed the moment the plane made the flyby, sending umbrellas and other items into the air as people cheered. Officials with the elite