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Taiwan says China starts building first aircraft carrier
Taipei: Taiwan said Wednesday that its giant neighbour China has started building its first aircraft carrier, a move analysts have said could raise military tensions in the region. The head of Taiwan’s National Security Bureau told parliament construction of the carrier had begun, Lin Yu-fang, a legislator of the ruling Kuomintang party, told AFP. However, [...]
Nimitz Celebrates Its 100,000th Catapult Shot
USS NIMITZ, At Sea: The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) reached a milestone in history when an EA-6B Prowler, assigned to Tactical Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 135, became the 100,000th aircraft to launch off Catapult Number 1 Oct. 7. The successful launch was flown by Cmdr. Vincent Johnson, the executive officer of VAQ-135. “It’s [...]
Navy Establishes Carrier Strike Group 1
SAN DIEGO: The Navy formally established Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1 in San Diego October 1, 2009. The flagship for CSG 1 will be the USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), currently homeported in Newport News, Va. Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 1, USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) and USS Lake Champlain (CG [...]
Russia tests Indian fighter jets on board its aircraft carrier
MOSCOW: Russia’s MiG aircraft maker said on Tuesday it has successfully tested on board the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier four MiG-29 carrier-based fighter jets due to be delivered to India. Russia and India signed a contract on January 20, 2004, stipulating the supply of 12 single-seat MiG-29Ks and four two-seat MiG-29KUBs to India as part [...]
Four MiG-29 fighter jets to join Indian navy in October
MOSCOW: The first four Russian-made MiG-29K/KUB fighter jets, purchased by India for the modernized Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier, will be delivered to the Indian navy in October, an Indian defense source said. Russia and India signed a contract on January 20, 2004, stipulating the supply of 12 single-seat MiG-29Ks and four two-seat MiG-29KUBs to India [...]
Soviet warship turns into India’s white elephant
New Delhi: When Russia gave India a retired Soviet aircraft carrier five years ago, New Delhi was delighted — little realising the vessel would turn into a costly white elephant. Russia, India’s longtime weapons supplier, said in 2004 it would give the country the 44,570-tonne “Admiral Gorshkov” as a gift, provided Delhi paid a Russian [...]
X-47B UCAS Validated for Aircraft Carrier Operations
SAN DIEGO: Northrop Grumman Corporation recently completed a series of static and dynamic proof load tests to validate the design and structural integrity of the U.S. Navy’s first X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) for aircraft carrier launches, recoveries and at-sea operations under the UCAS Carrier Demonstration (UCAS-D) program. “Arrested landings, catapult launches, high winds, [...]
Construction of Royal Navy’s New Aircraft Carriers Begins
Construction began on the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carriers, their largest ever warships, today with Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal performing the initial steel-cutting for the first of the ships. The steel-cutting ceremony took place at BVT Surface Fleet’s shipyard in Govan, today, Tuesday 7 July 2009. The Queen Elizabeth (QE) Class carriers, together [...]
Reagan Relieves Eisenhower, Launches Sorties in Support of OEF
USS RONALD REAGAN, At Sea: The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group relieved the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group as Commander, Task Force (CTF) 50 July 6 and launched its first sorties in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. Aircraft from Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 14 departed the decks of the strike group’s flagship, the Nimitz-class [...]
