The first E-2D fleet aviators to be qualified for aerial refueling completed their training on Dec. 3.
U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Victoria Kinney
Category: Navy
Japan to re-designate Izumo-class as multi-purpose operation destroyer
Japanese politicians have decided that the Izumo-class helicopter destroyer will be re-designated as multi-purpose operation destroyer.
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Kaijō Jieitai （海上自衛隊 / Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force） [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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VFA-101 will be deactivated next year
The U.S. Navy has decided to deactivate VFA-101 next year. The squadron is based at Eglin Air Force Base as the service’s initial F-35C fleet replacement squadron.
U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Indian Navy to set up coastal Brahmos anti-ship missile unit at Sagar Island
The Indian Navy is in the process of acquiring and converting a 11 acres site at Sagar Island for a naval base to deploy a mobile coastal Brahmos anti-ship missile unit.
PIB [GODL-India], via Wikimedia Commons
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Japan’s government to buy Mageshima island and let USN pilots practice carrier landings
The Japanese government is close to buying Mageshima island in Kagoshima Prefecture and will convert it into an airfield for U.S. Navy pilots to carry out Field Carrier Landing Practice.
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