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French Navy Chief in Japan as Rubis-class SSN Pays Rare Visit to Guam
The Chief of Staff of the French Navy met with his Japanese counterpart while submarine “Emeraude” made a rare port of call in Guam….
1 December 2020
The Chief of Staff of the French Navy met with his Japanese counterpart while submarine “Emeraude” made a rare port of call in Guam….
The U.S. Navy commenced the first-ever fully integrated carrier strike group operations for the Ford-class carrier.
An official announcement on the French Navy’s new generation aircraft carrier (PANG) program is expected to be made “soon” by French President Emmanuel Macron, probably by year-end.
The French Navy (Marine Nationale)’s Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier received a number of health safety improvements this summer in order to make it more resilient to the COVID-19 epidemic, French minister of the armed forces said on Sunday. Hundreds of crewmembers tested positive back in April.
A USAF B-1B bomber from Guam conducted joint missions with Japanese F-2s & F-15s
and with the USS Reagan Carrier Strike Group on Aug 7 in the IndoPacific region to improve interoperability & readiness.
According to a report by the UK National Audit Office (NAO), on Carrier Strike, the initial operational capability (IOC) of the Royal Navy Merlin Crowsnest AEW helicopter will face an 18 month delay.
A new record: The US Navy aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike) and its escort ship, the guided-missile cruiser USS San Jacinto (CG 56), have been continuously at sea for 161 days.
The French Navy (Marine Nationale) FREMM Frigates FS Auvergne and FS Bretagne won the US Navy’s “Hook’em” award. This is the second time U.S. 6th Fleet has provided the award to French ships for their ability to find and track submarines.
The USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) and USS Nimitz (CVN 68) strike groups commenced dual carrier flight operations in the Philippine Sea, June 21.
With Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8 embarked, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) logged significant milestones this week during Post Delivery Test and Trials (PDT&T) operations at sea.
