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The director of expeditionary warfare in the Office of the Chief of U.S. Naval Operations has disclosed a plan to bring a containerized anti-ship missile system to the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock. Maj. Gen. Tracy W. King said one system will be deployed to a ship within 12 months to let the Navy and […]

A Philippine Navy team will be heading to the United States this quarter to inspect the C-12 transport aircraft that the service intends to buy. Alan Lebeda [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2] It was reported earlier that the Naval Air Wing intends to buy up to eight aircraft that the U.S. is selling off as […]

Former Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJNAS) ace Tomokazu Kasai has passed away on Jan. 9. He was 94 years old. Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons He flew the A6M and N1K-J. Scoring 10 kills. For more information, hit the Source below Source

The Pentagon’s Director, Operational Test & Evaluation (DOT&E) latest assessment of the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) and Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) installed on USS Gerald R. Ford remains pessimistic, Bloomberg reports. Robert Behler assessment covers 3,975 launches and landing operations that ran from November 2019 through September 2020. In his report, Behler said the […]

The U.S. Air Force has disclosed an accident in Kuwait two years ago that caused catastrophic damage to five F-16Cs from the 148th Fighter Wing, Minnesota Air National Guard. While at Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base, a severe windstorm hit the area and caused sunshades to collapse on seven of the F-16s parked on the flight […]