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Day: August 7, 2020

U.S. Navy’s only female Commissioned Flying Warrant Officer has retired

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Lt. Amy Blades-Langjahr, only female Flying Chief Warrant Officer ever commissioned in the U.S. Navy, has retired.

200802-N-NH257-2056 ARABIAN SEA (August 2, 2020) Aircraft shooter Lt. Amy Blades-Langjahr from Casper, Wyo., test fires a catapult in the bow bubble on the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz, the flagship of Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and Pacific through the Western Indian Ocean and three critical chokepoints to the free flow of global commerce. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Elliot Schaudt/Released)

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U.S. Army carrying out CH-47 training at Eareckson Air Station

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The U.S. Army is bring two CH-47 helicopters to Eareckson Air Station on Shemya Island in the Aleutian Island Chain for long-range navigation training.

The COBRA DANE radar is a single faced ground-based, L-band phased-array radar
located at Eareckson Air Station, Shemya, Alaska. The primary mission of COBRA DANE is to collect radar metric and signature data on foreign ballistic missile events. Additional missions include collecting space surveillance data on new foreign launches and satellites in low-earth orbit. The radar has a 95-foot diameter phased array and the capability to track and record data on as many as 120 objects simultaneously.

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USS Essex bringing these warbirds to Hawaii for 75th anniversary of the end of World War 2 commemoration

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Fourteen warbirds are aboard USS Essex for a trip to Hawaii where they will be taking part in flyovers over the island to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of World War 2.

Historic aircraft known as the “Warbirds” arrive in San Diego to be onloaded aboard USS Essex for a future event. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Christina Ross/Released)

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