Two Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force P-3Cs were deployed to PNS MEHRAN for Pre AMAN-19 exercise.
Photo: Pakistan Navy
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South Korea complains that JMSDF aircraft buzz its warship again
South Korea is unhappy that a Japanese maritime patrol plane has flown close to its warship again. The incident happened on Jan. 23.
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Ronnie Macdonald from Chelmsford and Largs, United Kingdom [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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USN plans sunset ceremony for operational F/A-18C on Feb. 1
The U.S. Navy is planning to fly an operational F/A-18C for the last time on Feb. 1 at Naval Air Station Oceana.
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U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Cmdr. Troy Vantrease [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Tokyo releases more data on P-1 incident; ended discussions with Seoul
Japan’s Defense Ministry has release a new recording which it claims is evidence that a South Korean destroyer’s STIR-180 fire-control radar was directed at a Japanese P-1 patrol aircraft.
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Photos: Exercise Intrepid Sentinel
ARABIAN GULF (Jan. 16, 2019) From left to right, France’s Marine Nationale air defense destroyer FS Cassard (D 614), the guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111), the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), the Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Ballarat (FFH 155) and the guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) sail in formation in the in the Arabian Gulf, Jan. 16, 2019, during exercise Intrepid Sentinel. Intrepid Sentinel brings together the John C. Stennis Strike Group, France’s Marine Nationale, United Kingdom’s Royal Navy and the Royal Australian Navy for a multinational exercise designed to enhance war fighting readiness and interoperability between allies and partners. The John C. Stennis Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Connor D. Loessin/Released)