The latest satellite imagery from 22JUL13 acquired by Digital Globe shows the USS Ponce (LPD-15) and a US Navy Mine Countermeasures ship at Jebel Ali in the UAE deployed from the US Navy’s 5th Fleet HQ in Bahrain. The LPD-15 had yet to show any activity related to the installation of the Navy’s new solid-state […]
The US Navy has stood up its first official Lockheed Martin F-35C squadron in order to train aviators to operate the aircraft, reports Zach Rosenberg for Flight Global on 02OCT13. The squadron, VF-101, has been formed using two F-35s, and more will be delivered. Four additional F-35Cs are at NAS Patuxent River for aircraft testing. The F-35C […]
By Raj Kumar On 27 Jul 2013, DPRK President Kim Jong-Un inaugurated the newly renovated “The Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum” in Pyongyang. The center attraction at the museum is a Cold War prize catch “USS Pueblo,” the US Navy’s Banner class ELINT and SIGINT technical research ship. The new location of the ship on […]
On 14 March 2013, the 132 member crew of the Virginia class submarine the Minnesota (SSN 783) moved aboard the boat in preparation to set sail. Still docked near Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding division, the SSN is reportedly around 96% complete and in the final stages before starting initial sea trials. Construction on the […]
