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Heat No Treat, But Saturday’s Miramar Air Show Can’t Be Beat
Thousands attending the Miramar Air Show fought the elements Saturday while Marines put on a show of fighting an enemy at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. Temperatures exceeded 100 degrees as the show...
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SDSU Hero Charles Hostler to be Buried at Arlington National Cemetery
Charles W. Hostler, who conducted clandestine missions in World War II, served as ambassador to Bahrain during Operation Desert Storm and was a benefactor of San Diego State University, has died at 94,...
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Navy’s Newst Assault Ship Ready for Commissioning
The Navy’s newest amphibious assault ship, the San Diego-based USS America, arrived in San Francisco on Monday in preparation for its commissioning ceremony Saturday during that city’s Fleet Week....
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Navy Relieves Commander of Frigate USS Vandegrift
The Navy on Wednesday relieved the commanding officer of the USS Vandegrift due to loss of confidence in his ability to command. Cmdr. Luis Alva was relieved of his duties by Capt. Paul Hogue, the...
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Marines Put Vietnam-Era Sea Knight ‘Phrog’ Copters to Pasture
The Marine Corps’ last CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters, a Vietnam-era design affectionately known as a “Phrog,” were phased out this week, replaced by the faster, tilt-rotor V-12 Osprey. The venerable...
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Navy Commissions USS America During Fleet Week
The Navy commissioned its newest amphibious assault ship, USS America, in an official ceremony in San Francisco Saturday. Secretary of the Navy, Ray Mabus, delivered the commission ceremony’s principal...
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Carrier Carl Vinson Arrives for Duty in the Mideast
The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group reported for duty Wednesday in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility in the Mideast as airstrikes continued in Iraq and Syria. The U.S. Central Command said...
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Rancho Bernardo’s Navy Drone Makes Successful 1st Flight
The Navy’s second MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system successfully completed its first flight Wednesday from an airfield in Palmdale, north of Los Angeles. Northrop Grumman, the prime contractor,...
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Guided-Missile Destroyer Meyer Is Returning Monday
The guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer is scheduled to return Monday to San Diego, seven months to the day after it left for an independent deployment to the western Pacific Ocean, the Navy...
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Detroit Steaming to San Diego — New Littoral Combat Ship
A new littoral combat ship is headed for San Diego after it’s christened this weekend in Wisconsin, the Navy announced Friday. The ship, which will eventually be home-ported in San Diego, is the...
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Pendleton Sounds Off This Weekend: Rockets Making Racket
North County residents may be subjected to increased noise levels this weekend due to around-the-clock firing at training areas at Camp Pendleton starting Saturday and ending early Sunday. The sounds...
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San Diego’s Carl Vinson Set to Host Airstrikes Against ISIS
The deployed San Diego-based aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson transited the Strait of Hormuz on Friday and is now operating in the Arabian Gulf, according to the commanding officer. The carrier, which...
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Thousands Expected at Veterans Fundraiser Aboard USS Midway
Thousands of athletes and spectators are expected to board the USS Midway Saturday to support of the newly formed Three Wise Men Foundation, which seeks to raise awareness of the challenges faced by...
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Photos: USS Carl Vinson Takes Over in Arabian Gulf
The San Diego-based aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson relieved the USS George H.W. Bush in the Arabian Gulf and began air operations Saturday in Iraq and Syria. The Bush will soon depart the U.S. 5th...
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One Guided-Missile Destroyer Leaves, Another Returns
Updated at 12:30 p.m., Oct. 20, 2014 Sailors from one guided-missile destroyer came home to San Diego Monday following a seven-month deployment, while the crew of another was poised to head out. The...
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USS La Jolla Stops in San Diego on Final Voyage
The nuclear attack-submarine USS La Jolla stopped in San Diego Tuesday en route to Norfolk for her decommissioning and future use as a moored training ship in South Carolina. The sub docked at Naval...
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Humvee Overturns on I-5, Closing Southbound Freeway
A military Humvee crashed and overturned Sunday on Interstate 5 near the Aliso Creek rest area, and prompted authorities to temporarily shut down the southbound freeway. The crash was in the southbound...
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Navy Commander From Oceanside Killed in Qatar
A 49-year-old Navy commander from Oceanside was killed in a non-combat-related incident in Qatar, the Department of Defense announced Sunday. Commander Christopher E. Kalafut died Friday at Al Udeid...
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USS Carl Vinson Celebrates 230,000th Landing
The captain and crew of the San Diego-based aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson celebrated the ship’s 230,000th arrested landing with a cake-cutting ceremony in the Arabian Gulf. “This is a big occasion....
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Oceanside Navy Commander Dies in Qatar, Honored at State Capitol
Flags at the state Capitol were flown at half-staff Monday in the memory of a 49-year-old Navy commander from Oceanside who died in Qatar. Cmdr. Christopher E. Kalafut died Friday at Al Udeid Air Base...
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