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French carrier Charles de Gaulle in UAE for Exercise Big Fox

Posted on March 27, 2015March 27, 2015 by alert5

French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle arrived in Abu Dhabi on Mar. 25 for Exercise Big Fox.

Charles De Gaulle nuclear-powered aircraft carrier
“Charles De Gaulle (R91) underway 2009” by USN – U.S. Navy VFA-146 official website [1] photo [2]. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

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EMALS cannot launch jets carrying fuel tanks

Posted on March 27, 2015March 27, 2015 by alert5

The new Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) for the U.S. Navy’s new class of aircraft carriers cannot catapult warplanes carrying external fuel tanks.

US Navy 101218-N-0000X-002 An F-A-18E Super Hornet is launched during a test of the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) at Naval Air Sys
By U.S. Navy photo [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Bonhomme Richard launches MV-22 to Sasebo for medevac

Posted on March 27, 2015March 27, 2015 by alert5

A MV-22 was used to medevac a U.S. Marine from USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) to a shore-based hospital in Sasebo, Japan on Mar. 23.

US Navy 080605-N-1512O-027 An MV-22 Osprey assigned to the
By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Stephen Oleksiak [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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U.S. Navy needs 20 F-35Cs a year in 2020 to avoid fighter shortfall

Posted on March 27, 2015March 27, 2015 by alert5

Director of the U.S. Navy’s Air Warfare division, Rear Adm. Michael Manazir, told Congress that the service needs 20 F-35Cs a year in 2020 to avoid a shortfall in fighters.

F-35C Lighting of VFA-101 taking off from Eglin AFB 2013
By U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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JDS Izumo commissioned into service

Posted on March 26, 2015March 26, 2015 by alert5

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force commissioned helicopter carrier JS Izumo (DDH-183) into service Mar. 25 in Yokohama.


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