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C-17 airdrops payload to USS Henry M. Jackson

Posted on October 25, 2020 by alert5

FS Suffren test fires MdCN and SM39

Posted on October 24, 2020October 24, 2020 by alert5

The French Navy’s nuclear-powered attack submarine FS Suffren has test fired a MdCN (Missile de Croisière Naval) naval cruise missile from the sea near the DGA missile test centre at Biscarrosse on Oct. 20.

Photo: French DGA

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JASDF F-35As train with USS America

Posted on October 24, 2020 by alert5

USS America (LHA 6) participated in advanced combined operations with F-35As from Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) in the Pacific Ocean on Oct. 20.

PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 20, 2020) F-35 Lightning II aircraft assigned to the Japan Air Self Defense Force conduct integrated air operations with the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6). America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group and assigned to Amphibious Squadron 11, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Matthew Cavenaile)

USN T-6B crash kills two

Posted on October 24, 2020October 24, 2020 by alert5

The U.S. Navy said two people aboard one of its T-6B that crashed in Foley, Baldwin County, Alabama were killed. The training aircraft had taken off from NAS Whiting Field.

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USN marks 60th anniversary of E-2’s first flight

Posted on October 23, 2020 by alert5

The U.S. Navy’s Airborne Command & Control community marks the 60th anniversary of the Grumman E-2’s first flight on Oct. 21.