The actual voyage to the operational area began with the manoeuvre whistle of the anti-aircraft frigate "Hessen" (F 221, class 124) in Wilhelmshaven's 4th entry shortly before ten o'clock. The departure took place in wintry calm seas and moderate visibility, but it will probably not stay that way for long. The frigate "Hessen" is from the...
The dock landing ship ANADOLU - a copy of the Spanish helicopter landing ship JUAN CARLOS I adapted to national requirements - has barely entered service when the Turkish Navy is already negotiating the construction of a second unit with the Spanish state-owned shipyard consortium Navantia. In line with technological progress, it is also to be built according to the plans and...
Admiral Lisa Franchetti has been sworn in as the 33rd Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) after months of waiting. The official inauguration at the Pentagon followed the confirmation of her nomination by the Senate. This makes her the first woman to head the US Navy and the first female member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
At the end of October, United States Navy Ship (USNS) ROBERT F. KENNEDY (T-AO 208) was christened and launched at General Dynamics - National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (GD-NASSCO) in San Diego, California. Tribute USNS "Robert F. Kennedy" is the first naval auxiliary to bear his name in honour of the late US veteran. Robert...
A little-noticed report from the US Department of Defence makes it frighteningly clear just how close to the powder keg the entire Middle East currently is: on 19 October 2023, the Pentagon reported the launch of three cruise missiles and eight drones launched from the northwest of Yemen and flying towards Israel by the Arleigh Burke destroyer USS "Carney"...
While the new super aircraft carrier "Gerald R. Ford" was deployed somewhat hastily to the warlike scenario in the eastern Mediterranean a week ago on its very first foreign voyage, which only began in May, the aircraft carrier "Dwight D. Eisenhower" and its associated strike group had long been planning to relocate to European waters....
With the commissioning of its first indigenous aircraft carrier in 2022, the Indian Navy took the step from buyer to manufacturer. Many components on board come from local production. With its first indigenous aircraft carrier, which is also the Indian Navy's largest warship to date, India is moving ever closer to a blue water...
Even those who need no more convincing of the flight and manoeuvrability of the single-engine F-35A Lightning II must be allowed to watch this video from this year's Pacific Airshow on 30 September over Huntington Beach in California south of Los Angeles! The U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Navy are...
Once again this year, the Armada shows a cross-section of its capabilities in one hundred seconds - short, concise, with strong images. "We are navy" is the title of the world's second-oldest navy with a sense of history and self-confidence (only the Portuguese navy has been in the business a few years longer). Not only because of its 27,000 posts, but also with its tonnage...
Aus einer Pressemitteilung des Marinekommandos Rostock: Am 16.Juli um 10 Uhr kehrt die Fregatte "Mecklenburg-Vorpommern" aus der Very High Readiness Taskforce (VJTF) in ihren Heimathafen Wilhelmshaven zurück. In ihrem sechsmonatigen Einsatzzeitraum war das Schiff in multinationalen Übungen in der Nordsee und Arktis, zusammen mit dem Trägerverband des amerikanischen Flugzeugträgers "USS...
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