Category: Navy

Capt. Tom Barber, Commander, Carrier Air Wing 2 (CVW-2) and Commander Jason Hutcherson, commanding officer of VFA-2, completed their 1,000th trap on a carrier on this F/A-18F on Jan. 18.

By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Eleanor D. Vara [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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The French Navy is not waiting for the Airbus H160 to be inducted as the replacement for its Alouette III fleet and will go ahead and replace them using leased civilian helicopters.

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A senior Indian Navy officer has said that the country’s first indigenous aircraft carrier – the future INS Vikrant – will be ready by 2020.

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