US Navy helicopter, fighter jet crash in South China Sea in separate incidents
- 27-Oct-2025
BEIJING: A U.S. Navy helicopter and a fighter jet crashed separately into the South China Sea within the space of an hour during routine operations conducted from the same aircraft carrier on Sunday, the U.S. Navy said, adding all personnel were safe. The incidents came while President Donald Trump was on a visit to Asia. […]
US intercepts ‘massive’ shipment of explosive material in Gulf of Oman
- 15-Nov-2022
The US Navy’s Fifth Fleet said on Tuesday it had intercepted a fishing vessel smuggling “massive” amounts of explosive material while transiting from Iran along a route in the Gulf of Oman that has been used to traffic weapons to Yemen’s Houthi group. U.S. forces found over 70 tonnes of ammonium perchlorate which is commonly […]
China’s military says monitoring US Navy in Taiwan Strait
- 28-Aug-2022
BEIJING: China’s military said on Sunday it was monitoring U.S. Navy vessels sailing through the Taiwan Strait, maintaining a high alert and ready to defeat any provocations. Two US Navy warships sailed through international waters in the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, the first such operation since a visit to Taiwan by US House Speaker Nancy […]
US Navy fires warning flare as Iran speedboat approaches
- 22-Jun-2022
A US Navy vessel fired a warning flare towards an Iranian military speedboat that approached it in the Strait of Hormuz, the US Fifth Fleet said. The incident Monday involving the patrol ship USS Sirocco comes amid tensions as Western powers and the Islamic republic seek to salvage their tattered 2015 nuclear deal. “Three vessels […]
Video, images of US Navy stealth fighter jet crashing into sea surface
- 29-Jan-2022
The video and images of US Navy F-35 stealth fighter jet have surfaced on social media that crashed into the South China Sea on Monday. The video and images of crashed US Navy F-35 stealth fight jet went viral on social media. The $100 million F35C Lightning II fighter jet had crashed while trying to […]
Pearl Harbor shooting: Police detectives assisting military investigation that could require as many as 100 witnesses’ interview
- 05-Dec-2019
A U.S. Navy sailor on Wednesday shot and killed two civilians working at Hawaii’s historic military base of Pearl Harbor, and injured a third
US Navy Secretary says he did not threaten to resign in dispute with Trump
- 24-Nov-2019
“There seem to be rumors out there that I threatened to resign. I have not threatened to resign,” Spencer told reporters at a security conference in Halifax.
US Navy ships pass through strategic Taiwan Strait, riling China
- 26-Feb-2019
The United States sent two Navy ships through the Taiwan Strait on Monday as the U.S. military increased the frequency of movement through the strategic waterway despite opposition from China.
US Navy reactivates Cold War era fleet for Atlantic
- 06-May-2018
WASHINGTON: A top US navy admiral announces the re-establishment of the US 2nd Fleet — a Cold War command disbanded in 2011 — to patrol the North Atlantic and face a resurgent threat from Russia. The chief of US Naval Operations, Admiral John Richardson, made the announcement during a change of command ceremony on Friday […]
US Navy veteran sentenced to life for killing Indian software engineer
- 06-May-2018
WASHINGTON: A US Navy veteran who reportedly told an Indian software engineer to “get out of my country” before shooting him dead and wounding two others in a bar in Kansas last year has been sentenced to life in prison, the local prosecutor said. Under the sentence, Adam Purinton, 52, who pleaded guilty to first-degree […]