The future USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118) departs General Dynamics Bath Iron Works shipyard.

BATH, Maine (Oct. 4, 2021) The future guided-missile destroyer USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118) departs General Dynamics Bath Iron Works shipyard, Oct. 4, 2021, en route to its homeport in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, for its scheduled commissioning in December. The ship is named in honor of Daniel Inouye, who served as a U.S. senator forContinue reading “The future USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118) departs General Dynamics Bath Iron Works shipyard.”

Inside the B-52s’ deployment to support the Afghanistan withdrawal

The B-52 bombers finished America’s longest war in much the same way as they began: carrying airmen called to military service in the aftermath of 9/11, hunting Taliban fighters through the mountains of Afghanistan and watching as the seat of government in Kabul changed hands. After 20 years of counterterrorism operations in Southwest Asia, theContinue reading “Inside the B-52s’ deployment to support the Afghanistan withdrawal”

JS Hyūga (DDH-181) is the lead ship of the Hyūga-class helicopter destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).

 USS Hancock, one of various 7th Fleet carriers attacking Communist forces in N.Vietnam during Rolling Thunder, 1965-1968

HMS DIANA, HMAS SUPPLY, HMS HERMES, RFA RELIANT. – 1968.