Monthly Archives: January 2023

USS Idaho (BB-42) (foreground) and USS Texas (BB-35) steaming at the rear of the battle line during Battle Fleet practice off the California coast, circa 1930. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. Naval History and Heritage Command photograph.

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Poland to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine as part of wider coalition

 12th January 2023 at 12:08pm Polish Leopard 2A4 Tanks on exercise at the Zagan Training area (Picture: Andrew Chittock / Alamy Stock Photo). Poland has agreed to send German-made Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine as part of a larger international coalition. Polish President Andrzej Duda made the announcement after a meeting in Lviv with Ukrainian President VolodymyrContinue reading “Poland to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine as part of wider coalition”

HMS Tamar shifts focus of five-year patrol to Indian Ocean

  Alex Candlin 12th January 2023 at 3:56pm HMS Tamar alongside the Andaman Islands (Picture: Royal Navy). HMS Tamar’s five-year patrol has shifted to the Indian Ocean for the first time, making her only the second Royal Navy warship to visit the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in three decades. The patrol ship, plus her sisterContinue reading “HMS Tamar shifts focus of five-year patrol to Indian Ocean”

See 24 C-17s fill the skies in largest-ever launch from a single US air base

  Alex Walters 12th January 2023 at 2:00pm Play Video Watch: Twenty-four C-17 Globemaster IIIs launched from Joint Base Charleston. The US Air Force has carried out what is says is the largest C-17 launch ever from a single base as it filled the skies with 24 Globemaster III tactical airlift aircraft in a matterContinue reading “See 24 C-17s fill the skies in largest-ever launch from a single US air base”

HMNZS Royalist berthed at Mount Maunganui Wharf, 1960. Royalist was a Bellona or improved Dido class cruiser loaned to the Royal New Zealand Navy between 1956 and 1966.

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