Seapower & aerospace enthusiast. Aircraft carrier poet. Ex-Space Shuttle door gunner.
Washington, D.C.
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Phil Ewing retweeted
Happy Navy Day Shipmatesโผ๏ธ
Established in 1922 to celebrate & bring attention to the importance of the United States Navy ๐ซก
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Glaring Lack Of Investment In Aircraft Shelters Highlighted By B-1Bโs Sudden Retreat From U.K. Airbase
At this point, it could take a disaster for the USAF to invest in giving its prized assets sitting on flightlines physical cover from drone attacks.
twz.com/air/glaring-lack-of-โฆ
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Could NASAโs SR-71 Blackbird Be Modified To Reach Mach 4?
The SR-71โs airframe is capable of going beyond its known top speed and NASA may have good reason to push its limits via new engines.
twz.com/air/could-nasas-sr-7โฆ
Phil Ewing retweeted
When the US Navy ๐บ๐ธ gets into deep trouble, they call the Dutch ๐ณ๐ฑ.
Still not sure why we have a roughly $1 trillion in navy ships, yet no heavy lift semi-subs when theyโve proven their usefulness many times.
Phil Ewing retweeted
Itโs going to be the Phantom III now isnโt? Both the F-47 and F/A-47?
Phantom Works and the legacy . We should outlaw any aircraft name reuse over II
Phil Ewing retweeted
John Young, born today in 1930, flew on six spaceflights (twice each during the Gemini, Apollo, and Space Shuttle programs), and served as an astronaut longer than anyone to date, with a career spanning 42 years (1962 to 2004). His enduring legacy: s.si.edu/4rxBxDN
ALT An astronaut is wearing a white NASA spacesuit with a visible NASA logo. He is in a control room with blurred equipment and consoles in the background.
Phil Ewing retweeted
Over 25,000 pounds of cocaine. Four vessels in international waters off Central America.
USCGC Tampaโs (WMEC 902) boarding team and embarked aircrew interdicted a go-fast vessel hauling 6,800 pounds of cocaine.
Four days later, they interdicted two more vessels carrying a combined 15,000 pounds of cocaine.
The next day: Another go-fast vessel. Another 3,400+ pounds of cocaine seized.
Approximately 9.5 million potentially deadly doses never reached American communities.
A new milestone for Operation Pacific Viper: over 262,000 pounds of cocaine seized in the Eastern Pacific.
#PacificViper
Phil Ewing retweeted
Great to join @business Big Take podcast again with @mgerrydoyle to talk about the military readiness challenges stemming from the Iran war and its lasting impact, which will be felt for years โ long after the war is over.
On todayโs Big Take podcast, we discuss the mounting price tag of the US naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz and the opportunity costs of a protracted conflict. Listen at bit.ly/4jmqE5k
Phil Ewing retweeted
Wow. Placement, access, and a free pass (well, $180k) for the RIS to the son and immediate family of the leader of the free world is beyond unacceptable, from a CI perspective. Plus, every cell phone at that island wedding party has now been compromised. Get a new one.
My latest in @theatlantic
The Wedding Trap: Donald Trump Jr.โs luxurious, Russian-funded celebration was a counterintelligence nightmare.
theatlantic.com/national-secโฆ
Looking great here ๐ Lessons well learned, reforms implemented and, above all, tax dollars well used
Freedom-class littoral combat ships awaiting disposition at Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF) in Philadelphia - September 20, 2026
- USS Milwaukee (LCS 5) commissioned 2015
- USS Detroit (LCS 7) commissioned 2016
- USS Little Rock (LCS 9) commissioned 2017
- USS Sioux City (LCS 11) commissioned 2018
SRC: WarshipCam
Phil Ewing retweeted
I encourage using words like โwhenceโ and โforthwithโ in everyday life, not to sound pretentious but because language is fun and it adds a touch of surrealism and whimsy to the other personโs day. How dull life would be if everyone felt pressured to speak in the same basic way.
Seems like the kind of development of which Interested Seafaring Powers might want to take note
๐ฐ U.S. NAVY UPDATE: U.S. Navy and Royal Navy Successfully Test Fire Torpedo from Unmanned Undersea Vehicle
๐WASHINGTON โ On September 13, 2026, the U.S. Navy and the Royal Navy successfully conducted the proof-of-concept launch of an exercise U.S. Mk 48 Heavyweight Torpedo from an allied uncrewed platform, the Royal Navy's XV EXCALIBUR, at the British Underwater Test & Evaluation Centre (BUTEC) in Scotland.
MORE: navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Sโฆ
Phil Ewing retweeted
This is a pretty stunning admission by the Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao, whose nomination is hung up in Congress, about how Iranian forces โblew the hell out of (US Navyโs 5th Fleet base in) Bahrain.โ Havenโt heard a senior US official admit this on the record until now. See Epoch Times interview with Cao below.
In an exclusive interview, Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao told me that Iranian forces "blew the hell out of Bahrain."
While open-source analyses have long indicated that theย U.S. Fifth Fleet Headquarters at Naval Support Activity Bahrain sustained extensive damage in the early days of the Iran conflict, Cao's comment represents a direct and high-level acknowledgment of the matter.
This comment came up as Cao and I discussed a range of issues the Department of the Navy faces and how he's addressing them. President Donald Trump recently nominated Cao to serve as the full-time Secretary of the Navy. Cao awaits consideration before the Senate.
As I asked about the USS Abraham Lincoln's recent deployment, overall fleet operational tempo, and the logistical support it takes to sustain high-intensity operations, Cao acknowledged damage to NSA Bahrain left the Lincoln's crew "no place for them to pull in."
There's ongoing debate as to whether U.S. forces should reoccupy and repair their various bases across the Middle East once this Iran conflict has concluded, or whether these installations represent an outdated model for force projection in the region.
I asked whether a return to NSA Bahrain would be necessary to sustain strenuous deployments like the kind the Lincoln's crew just saw. Cao said, "I have a task force that's looking at that."
To WaPo and WaTi we add: WaSu. Please make a note of it.
You maybe possibly heard that NOTUS is now The Washington Sun โ๏ธ
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Phil Ewing retweeted
A lot of hype about a folding phone when my expanding screen Palm Pilot works just fine
