Category: Navy

Kyodo has reported that Chinese JH-7 fighter-bombers carried out mock attack on two Japan Maritime Self-Defense force vessels

Dmitriy Pichugin [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons

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The Russian Navy’s upgraded missile corvette Smerch fired its missiles against air and surface targets during a live-fire exercise in the Sea of Japan on Aug. 14.

Japanese Ministry of Defense [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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The latest Aircraft Recovery Bulletin (ARB) by the U.S. Navy has cleared the Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) system to recover all existing fixed-wing aircraft operating aboard its aircraft carriers.

Photos: U.S. Navy

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USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) fires an anti-torpedo torpedo while underway in the basic phase of the Optimized Fleet Response Plan.

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class James Norket

The 142nd Fighter Wing at Portland Air National Guard Base is hosting VFA-41 from Aug. 11-23.

U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Kyle Terwilliger [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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