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Royal Australian Navy Tests Itself in West Posted on Mar 21st, 2012 with tags Australian, itself, Naval, Navy, News by topic, Royal, Tests, West. The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is on track to prove its mission readiness this month as its Fleet embarks on the second week of an intensive three week training exercise being conducted off the coast of Western Australia. HMA Ships Ballarat, Newcastle, Perth, Sirius, Warramunga and Collins areContinue reading “NZ and Australian navies and Exercise Triton”

The USS Langley and the dawn of the aircraft carrier In March 1922, the U.S. Navy launched a bold experiment that really took off. Behold its first-ever aircraft carrier. by Jonathan E. Skillings  March 21, 2012 12:55 PM PDThttp://platform.twitter.com/widgets/follow_button.1331751378.html#_=1332387054354&id=twitter-widget-0&lang=en&screen_name=jeskillings&show_count=false&show_screen_name=false&size=m A Douglas DT-2 takes off from the USS Langley sometime in the mid-1920s. (Credit: Naval History & HeritageContinue reading “The first Aircraft Carrier – 1922”

Auckland Hosts International Aircraft | Scoop News. Media are invited to attend a media day for Exercise KIWIFLAG, a training exercise the Royal New Zealand Air Force is hosting as part of their 75th Anniversary activities. Participants from French Armed Forces of New Caledonia; Republic of Singapore Air Force; Royal Australian Air Force, the UnitedContinue reading “Auckland Hosts International Aircraft | Scoop News”

Adventurers follow in the footsteps of Shackleton a century on News Adventurers follow in the footsteps of Shackleton a century on 20 March 2012 A Royal Marine and petty officer will join four fellow adventurers to recreate the epic rescue journey made by Britain’s greatest Antarctic explorer a century ago. WO Baz Gray and POContinue reading “Adventurers follow in the footsteps of Shackleton”

  John Currin, the late Eddie Hotere, Twang Smith and Meatball Cunningham. I suspect drinking Tiger Tops in a Bar down in Sembawang. May have been The Armada Club at HMS Terror, Singapore