On the latest CavasShips Podcast: Saab Kockums is pushing hard to sell a larger version of its A26 #submarine to Canada, while Sweden is gearing up as NATO's newest member. We also got a 1st look at the 1st A26 sub in Karlskrona! Plus what if FFG fails? defaeroreport.com/2024/05/17/cav…

Carrier USS RONALD REAGAN CVN76 said farewell to Japan 16 May as she left Yokosuka to rendezvous with USS GEORGE WASHINGTON CVN73 in San Diego for a turnover. REAGAN had been based at Yokosuka since 2015. Cruiser ROBERT SMALLS CG62 and destroyer HOWARD DDG83 left with Ronnie

USS #CARNEY DDG64 arrived at Norfolk 10 May for a stop as she returns from a 7-month deployment to US 5th & 6th fleets. The Mayport FLA-based ship destroyed 45 Houthi-launched missiles and unmanned systems. 2nd Fleet head VADM Doug Perry greeted CARNEY CO CMDR Jeremy Robertson

Destroyer USS HALSEY DDG97 carried out a #Taiwan Strait transit 8 May, closely monitored by Chinese forces. 3rd US Navy surface transit of the strait this year, plus another by a P-8 aircraft. US story at c7f.navy.mil/Media/News/Dis… China's version at eng.chinamil.com.cn/CHINA_209163/T…

V-E Day, Victory in Europe Day, 8 May 1945. Immense relief, but it would be another 3 1/2 months before Japan would give up and many more years for the world to recover

USNS EARL WARREN T-AO207, 3rd ship of the John Lewis-class of fleet oilers, was delivered to the US Navy 7 May from NASSCO in San Diego for operation by Military Sealift Command. Underway shots are from sea trials in March navsea.navy.mil/Media/News/Art…

Get on your feet! Virginia-class attack #submarine SSN811 will be named MIAMI, @SecNav announced 7 May during Miami Fleet Week. Sponsor will be Gloria Estefan. MIAMI will be delivered from HII's Newport News Shipbuilding navy.mil/Press-Office/P…

Carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Back in Red Sea, Passes 200-Day Deployment Mark – USNI News
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Hangar hallways of the Gladiators of Strike Fighter Squadron 106 #VFA106 at Naval Air Station Oceana VA feature artwork marking achievements and risks in the squadrons history. 106 is the East Coast Fleet Replacement Squadron with well over 60 F/A-18E and F Super Hornets assigned

Aircraft carriers CHARLES DE GAULLE R91 of France and USS DWIGHT D EISENHOWER CVN69 operated briefly together 2 May in the Mediterranean Sea. CDG is newly-deployed, operating for the 1st time under NATO command

The 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit is the first to deploy with the amphibious combat vehicle, seen here on 4 May during Balikatan exercises in Oyster Bay, Philippines operating from USS HARPERS FERRY LSD49

The site of the HINDENBURG disaster at what was once Naval Air Station Lakehurst is today part of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. The site - essentially in a parking lot - is marked by a chain outline and a weather vane. The nearby hangars are still there. Photos fm Sept 2011

F/A-18E Super Hornet aggressor training aircraft of the Fighting Omars of Fighter Squadron Composite 12 (VFC-12) on the flight line at Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia on 12 April 2024

On the latest CavasShips Podcast: Big Money with Comptroller of the Navy Russ Rumbaugh. Balancing fleet needs now & in the future with uncertain funding and outside limits is a never-ending challenge. Plus a deep dive into problems with Navy shipbuilding defaeroreport.com/2024/05/03/cav…

US-Italo naval cooperation in action!

30 US Sailors & Marines were injured evening of 1 May off the Florida coast in an incident with 2 landing craft air cushion LCACs, Navy said 2 May. Craft were from amphibious ships WASP LHD1 & NEW YORK LPD21 training with 24th MEU for upcoming deployment navy.mil/Press-Office/N…