The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group left its home port of Bremerton in Washington State (WA) in March for a planned deployment in the western Pacific. This will likely be the last deployment for the "Nimitz", the oldest active aircraft carrier in the U.S. Navy, before it retires this year after 50 years of service....
The French aircraft carrier "Charles de Gaulle" is currently on its way back to its home port of Toulon after a four-month deployment in the Indo-Pacific. After travelling through the Red Sea and passing through the Suez Canal, it made a stopover in Souda Bay on the north side of the island of Crete....
In mid-January, the USS John F. Kennedy cast off for her final voyage. After 39 years of service and almost two decades in retirement, only the scrapping yard awaits the once proud ship. The John F. Kennedy was put into service on 7 September 1968, the last conventionally powered aircraft carrier to...
Training mission as a NATO deterrent? NATO appears to want to increase its deterrence in south-east Europe: As the headquarters of the Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO, Oeiras/Portugal) reported via its social media channels last weekend, modern Italian F-35B fighter jets had recently carried out a "training mission" over the Black Sea in...
After colliding with a merchant ship, the Nimitz-class carrier was repaired in Souda, Greece On 12 February, an aircraft carrier collided with a merchant ship. Something like this is always sensational, and when it happens in the Mediterranean, in these times, and especially a US carrier, then even more so. What happened? The...
The German navy is not the only one with its units in the Pacific region: the 15-year-old aircraft carrier Cavour (235 metres, 27,000 tonnes) of the Marina Militare returned to its home port of Taranto after a five-month stay in Southeast Asian waters. At the end of October, the accompanying battle group from the multi-purpose frigate ALPINO...
U.S. aircraft carriers have been the backbone of the American Navy for over 100 years. The modern Ford-class replaces older units and brings the latest technology into service. This strengthens the global clout of the U.S. Navy. They form the backbone of America's naval forces and play a critical role in global defence.
After a squadron of J-15Ts could be seen flying in formation over the Liaoning and Shandong carriers and two J-15Ds could also be seen on the flight deck of the Shandong (305/315 metres, 60-70,000 tonnes), China officially unveiled these aircraft types at the Zhuhai Airshow at the beginning of November. The Shenyang J-15 (Feisha...
Chuck Ridgway, US-American, takes up the cudgels for the German Navy - our capabilities from an international perspective. It's true that not everything is going well in the German Navy - and that's a good thing to complain about! However, it is quite another to emphasise the achievements of the Navy's servicemen and women and the leading position of German...
Supplement 26.11.2024 A topic that goes through time ... Today a commentary by marineforum editor-in-chief Holger Schlüter on the visit of the British aircraft carrier in Hamburg and why Germany still does not have its own aircraft carrier. It comes back every year - the discussion about a German aircraft carrier! Has the security policy...
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