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USS Independence (CV-62) to be broken up in Texas

Posted on August 31, 2016August 31, 2016 by alert5

Decommissioned super carrier USS Independence (CV-62) will be making its final voyage to Brownsville, Texas to be broken up by International Shipbreaking Ltd.

By: PH1 LINCOLN [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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USS Essex, Wasp to bring F-35Bs to Middle East next year

Posted on August 31, 2016August 31, 2016 by alert5

Head of U.S. Marine Corps Combat Development Command, Lt. Gen. Robert Walsh, told reporters that USS Essex and USS Wasp will be deploying to the Middle East next year and both ships will have the F-35B aboard.

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はじめまして! CMV-22Bs heading to Japan in 2021

Posted on August 31, 2016August 31, 2016 by alert5

A U.S. Navy official disclosed that the carrier onboard delivery (COD) variant of the Osprey, CMV-22B, will arrive in Japan to replace the C-2 starting in 2021.

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Three RoCN officers indicted over accidental firing of HF-3

Posted on August 30, 2016 by alert5

Prosecutors from Taiwan’s Kaohsiung District are bringing three Republic of China Navy officers to court for their role in the accidental firing of a HF-3 supersonic anti-ship missile last month.

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