Looming carrier gap will see both 5th and 7th Fleet sharing one carrier this spring

Sometime this spring, the U.S. Navy will have to settle with just one carrier strike group in either the Pacific or Middle East as another carrier gap looms.

US Navy 040706-N-5923E-098 An SH-60F Seahawk assigned to the Black Knights of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Four HS-4 flies as channel guard for the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis CVN 74
By U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Kevin Eichelberger [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Turkey expects more delays in getting A400Ms this year

The Turkish Air Force is expected to take delivery of two A400Ms in April and June this year, but the Turkish Defense Ministry has anticipated that those targets are unlikely to be met by Airbus.

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By Laurent ERRERA from L’Union, France (DSC_8340-EC-402Uploaded by russavia) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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German Tornados based in Turkey flew their first operational flight

Two Luftwaffe Tornados took off from Incirlik airbase, Turkey on Jan. 8 for Germany’s first operational flight over Syria.

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