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Source: PRESS TV The Chinese People’s Liberation Army has reportedly sunk a U.S. aircraft carrier, according to a satellite photo provided by Google Earth, the Want China Times reported. The report also said that the strike was a war game, the carrier a mock-up platform and the “sinking” occurred on dry land in a remote part of western China. A satellite image reveals two large Read More …
By Jeffrey Kaczmarczyk MLive.com GRAND RAPIDS, MI – The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford is drawing closer to the christening of the $7 billion nuclear-powered ship named for the 38th president. The latest development happens on Saturday when the carrier’s navigation bridge and flight operations center is put in place in what’s called an “island landing.” Michael Ford and Susan Ford Bales, son and Read More …
By Staff Reporter Want China Times In the event of a war with China over the disputed Diaoyutai (Diaoyu or Senkaku) islands in the East China Sea, the Japanese Defense Ministry would attempt a coordinated attack with the US to sink China’s first and only aircraft carrier in service, the Liaoning, reports our sister newspaper Want Daily. The strategic scenario, as reported by the Tokyo-based Read More …
By Kristina Wong The Washington Times Sailors and Marines serving on aircraft carriers can expect long deployments for the next few years because of ongoing crises in the Middle East and a shrinking number of carriers available for duty. The venerable USS Enterprise, commissioned in 1961 as the Navy’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was deactivated last month, and the USS Abraham Lincoln is undergoing a Read More …
By Michael Peck Forbes The Klingons couldn’t destroy her, the Japanese and the Soviets couldn’t sink her, and nor will defense cuts end a proud tradition. There will be another USS Enterprise in the U.S. Navy. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced that the Navy’s third Gerald Ford-class supercarrier will be named the Enterprise. The announcement came after the current aircraft carrier Enterprise was Read More …
Source: Examiner.com In preparation for direct military intervention in Syria, the U.S. Navy’s USS Eisenhower has been sent to the coast of the war torn country, according to Israeli newspaper DEBKAfile on Wednesday. The Eisenhower holds “8 fighter bomber squadrons of Air Wing Seven on its decks and 8,000 sailors, airmen and Marines.” It joins the USS Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group, which carries 2,500 Read More …
By Robert Tilford Examiner.com USS Gerald R. Ford Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced today via video message at the USS Enterprise (CVN 65) inactivation ceremony that the third Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier will be named USS Enterprise. “Mabus selected this name to honor USS Enterprise (CVN 65), the Navy’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, which was inactivated today in Norfolk, Va. Commissioned Read More …
By Peter Apps, Political Risk Correspondent WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China has showcased its first aircraft carrier landings while maintenance woes have reduced the United States to a single carrier in the Gulf, pointing to the beginnings of a subtle shift in the balance of naval power. With South China Sea tensions growing, the threat of Middle East conflict still very real and counterterrorism and counter Read More …
This is a breakthrough in advanced military air-sea warfare, a pilotless stealth bomber launched from an aircraft carrier. — PERRY DIAZ X-47B unmanned test aircraft hoisted aboard ship for first sea tests By Christopher P. Cavas Defense News One of two Northrop Grumman X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator aircraft was barged down from Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, and arrived on Nov. Read More …
Landing success comes as Beijing is embroiled in maritime disputes with its Asian neighbours. Source: Al Jazeera Click to view video >> China lands jet on first aircraft carrier China has successfully landed a fighter jet on its first aircraft carrier, which entered service two months ago, the country’s official news agency confirmed. Xinhua News Agency said the landing exercise on the Liaoning carrier marked Read More …