U.S. and Iranian officials convened in Oman on Friday, opening the door to a modest easing of tensions even as American warships mass in the Arabian Sea.
Unit insignia of U.S. Navy Air and Test Evaluation Squadron 9, based out of China Lake, California, was recently spotted on an F-35A Lightning II variant.
A U.S. Navy search-and-rescue team known as the “Dust Devils” played a pivotal part in the rescue of an Air Force pilot who safely ejected from an F-16.