Monthly Archives: May 2022

PHILIPPINE SEA (May 8, 2022) An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the “Vigilantes” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 151 launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) while the ship is underway in the Philippine Sea. Long range maritime strikes capabilities such as these allow the U.S. NavyContinue reading “USS Abraham Lincoln conducts flight operations”

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May 6, 2022, by Ajsa Habibic American shipbuilding, ship repair, and industrial service provider Vigor has completed a comprehensive modernisation of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell at Swan Island. USS McCampbell. Source: Vigor For Vigor, this 18-month project worth more than $115 million was the largest ever completed by its ship repair team. It wasContinue reading “Vigor modernises USS McCampbell in ‘largest ship repair project in its history’”

‘At this stage Hermes had a very heavy list to port and it was obvious that she was about to sink. As the sea was now only feet below our gun deck I gave the order “over the side lads, every man for himself, good luck to you all,”’ Sam Curtis, Royal Navy. The lifeContinue reading “The sinking of HMS Hermes, the First Ship Designed as an Aircraft Carrier”

An M777 howitzer bound for Ukraine is loaded onto an Antonov AN-124 cargo aircraft at RAAF Base Amberley on 5 May. (Defence) A giant Antonov 124 on Thursday departed RAAF Base Amberley carrying M777 howitzers and Bushmasters bound for Ukraine. The iconic four-engine plane, one of the world’s heaviest, was created by Antonov Design BureauContinue reading “Australia – ANTONOV 124 CARRIES BUSHMASTERS TO UKRAINE written by Adam Thorn | May 6, 2022”