Most of the Navy's T-45 Goshawk trainer jets are back in service following a recent operational pause.
Aviators from a variety of platforms are eligible for big bucks if they opt to stay Navy.
It's the second fleet-wide stand-down of the Navy's trainer aircraft fleet since 2022.
The Navy will use the T-54A aircraft to train aviators flying the P-8A Poseidon, E-2D Hawkeye and C-130 Hercules.
The jet “experienced an incident involving collapse of the nose landing gear” on Jan. 26, a Marine spokeswoman said.
Lawmakers asked the Government Accountability Office to look into the fleet's history in December.
The Department of Defense has released the names of five Army soldiers killed in an MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crash on Friday.
The Army and Navy want to give more money to pilots whose service is ending, but they're blocked by bureaucracy.
“I think you could really feel the empowerment that we all felt, from the brief, to the pre-flight, to the mission execution, even to landing."
A lengthy and costly effort to modernize the aging cruisers has not gone as planned, the Navy admits.
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