Highly Authentic Harvard Flies in New Zealand

March 19, 2023 James Kightly (Commissioning Editor) Warbird Restorations, Warbirds News 0 The team stand proudly beside the North American Aviation Harvard Mk.IIa at the completion of the restoration. (photo via Bevan Dewes) Bevan Dewes’ immaculately restored, former Royal New Zealand Air Force Harvard Mk.IIa (NZ1044) landed at its new home in Masterton, New Zealand on March 19th, 2023 followingContinue reading “Highly Authentic Harvard Flies in New Zealand”

Nuclear Test Veterans Medal: Around 22,000 military personnel and civilian staff from the UK and Commonwealth nations are thought to be eligible.All the gen and how to apply – 30th March 2023 at 3:08pm

Play Video Watch: Nuclear test veterans to be recognised with medal. Nuclear test veterans and eligible civilians can now apply for a medal to recognise their service after a 70-year wait.  The Government is now calling on veterans and civilian staff from across the Commonwealth to claim commemorative Nuclear Test Medals.   The Nuclear TestContinue reading “Nuclear Test Veterans Medal: Around 22,000 military personnel and civilian staff from the UK and Commonwealth nations are thought to be eligible.All the gen and how to apply – 30th March 2023 at 3:08pm”

New Zealand’s potential involvement in AUKUS non-nuclear pillar to enhance defence

While New Zealand will not be participating in the nuclear aspects of the agreement, it has expressed its willingness to collaborate in other areas, such as cyber security, artificial intelligence, and quantum computing. Harry McNeil Caption: Royal New Zealand Navy personnel march. Credit: Shutterstock Emerging technologies the attraction for New Zealand New Zealand is willingContinue reading “New Zealand’s potential involvement in AUKUS non-nuclear pillar to enhance defence”

HMS Eagle – 1918 – photos

HMS Eagle and HMS Malaya, from HMS Argus serving with Force H in the Mediterranean, 7 March 1942   Aerial view of Eagle in 1931, prior to her refit Eagle at Hong Kong in the 1930s. The depot ship HMS Medway is in the background Eagle during trials HMS Eagle was an early aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy. Ordered by Chile during the South AmericanContinue reading “HMS Eagle – 1918 – photos”

HMS Vanguard was a British fast battleship built during the Second World War and commissioned after the war ended. She was the largest and fastest of the Royal Navy’s battleships,[3] the only ship of her class, and the last battleship to be built.

HMS Vanguard and USS Midway in the Firth of Clyde during Exercise Mainbrace, September 1952  HMS Vanguard was a British fast battleship built during World War II and commissioned after the war. She was the only ship of her class and was the biggest, fastest and last of the Royal Navy’s dreadnoughts, and the final battleship to be launched in theContinue reading “HMS Vanguard was a British fast battleship built during the Second World War and commissioned after the war ended. She was the largest and fastest of the Royal Navy’s battleships,[3] the only ship of her class, and the last battleship to be built.”