Monthly Archives: January 2023

Watch: Dramatic moment HMS Queen Elizabeth threatens action against Russian jets in tense stand-off 13th January 2023 at 3:02pm

Play Video Dramatic video has captured the moment the Royal Navy’s flagship aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth was ‘threatened’ by Russian fighter jets during the ship’s maiden voyage. Captured during filming for a new BBC documentary, the ship’s company warn the pilots that action may be taken against them if they do not back off.Continue reading “Watch: Dramatic moment HMS Queen Elizabeth threatens action against Russian jets in tense stand-off 13th January 2023 at 3:02pm”

RSA struggling financially as it faces modernising, new president says

 15/01/2023 RNZ RSA national president Sir Wayne Shelford. Photo credit: Photosport By Andrew McRae of RNZ More funding is needed to assist veterans, including those who have served in recent defence deployments overseas, the Returned and Services Association says. Newly elected president Sir Wayne Shelford said $2 million raised on Poppy Day and other grantsContinue reading “RSA struggling financially as it faces modernising, new president says”

Amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) transits the Java Sea

JAVA SEA (Dec. 18, 2022) Amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) transits the Java Sea during a formation exercise with ships from Indonesian Navy (TNI-AL) during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT)/Marine Exercise (MAREX) Indonesia 2022, Dec. 18, 2022. This year marks the 28th iteration of CARAT, a multinational exercise series designed toContinue reading “Amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) transits the Java Sea”

USS Inchon (LPH/MCS-12

  USS Inchon (LPH/MCS-12) was an Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship of the United States Navy in service from 1970 to 2002. Following a major fire, she was laid up and sunk as a target in 2004. from JC’s Naval, Maritime and Military News https://ift.tt/2f1pOKu via IFTTT

HMS Ark Royal 1971

  Royal Navy Ship HMS Ark Royal  (R09) was An Audacious-class Aircraft Carrier Of The Royal Navy and When She Was Decommissioned In 1978 Was The Royal Navy’s Last Remaining Conventional Catapult And Arrested-landing Aircraft Carrier. She Was The World’s First Aircraft Carrier To Be Commissioned With An Angled Flight Deck Preceding The First AmericanContinue reading “HMS Ark Royal 1971”