{"id":12097,"date":"2021-07-01T11:17:05","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T09:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/?p=12097"},"modified":"2021-07-01T11:17:05","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T09:17:05","slug":"akk-visits-flugzeugtraeger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/en\/akk-besucht-flugzeugtraeger\/","title":{"rendered":"AKK visits aircraft carrier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2019, Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer was still dreaming of an aircraft carrier. Now, just over three years later, the wish has become a reality and the minister was able to take a look at the capabilities of the naval aviators on board a carrier. Contrary to expectations, however, it was not the blue and gold flag of Europe that flew at the top, but the stars and stripes of the United States. And so Kramp-Karrenbauer on the USS <span style=\"font-variant: small-caps;\">Harry S. Truman<\/span> in Norfolk harbour with the explanations of four-star Admiral Christopher Grady, Commander US Fleet Forces Command. At least there were some German soldiers on board the aircraft carrier, albeit only as guests, with whom AKK was able to briefly exchange ideas.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12095\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12095\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12095\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/21-07-01-AKK-1-mfo.jpg\" alt=\"Short conversation with German soldiers on the Truman\" width=\"1500\" height=\"743\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/21-07-01-AKK-1-mfo.jpg 1500w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/21-07-01-AKK-1-mfo-300x149.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/21-07-01-AKK-1-mfo-1024x507.jpg 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/21-07-01-AKK-1-mfo-768x380.jpg 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/21-07-01-AKK-1-mfo-1080x535.jpg 1080w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/21-07-01-AKK-1-mfo-750x372.jpg 750w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/21-07-01-AKK-1-mfo-1140x565.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12095\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Short conversation with German soldiers on the Truman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The actual reason for the trip to America was talks at the United Nations in New York and a meeting with US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon. They exchanged views on the implementation of the results of the NATO summit in June and discussed how the Alliance should deal with the increasing regional and global challenges. The ministers once again emphasised the importance of close cooperation between their countries. They emphasised the desire for increased engagement in German-American cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region and the importance of improvements in operational readiness and military capabilities.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12093\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12093\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12093\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/21-07-01-AKK-3-mfo.jpg\" alt=\"Do you need anything else? AKK has an F\/A-18 explained to him\" width=\"1024\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/21-07-01-AKK-3-mfo.jpg 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/21-07-01-AKK-3-mfo-300x170.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/21-07-01-AKK-3-mfo-768x435.jpg 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/21-07-01-AKK-3-mfo-750x425.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12093\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Do you need anything else? AKK has an F\/A-18 explained to him<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the same time as the visit to America, a letter of offer and acceptance for the five Boeing P-8A Poseidons was signed as part of the foreign military sales process. This probably helped to put the hosts in a good mood. Without further ado, the American side returned the favour on board the <span style=\"font-variant: small-caps;\">Truman<\/span> with an attractive photo opportunity: in front of an oversized US flag, a pilot explains the cockpit of an F\/A-18 to Kramp-Karrenbauer. After all, you never know if there will be a need for it.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12096\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12096\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12096 size-full\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/21-07-01-AKK-2-mfo.jpg\" alt=\"US Admiral Christopher Grady and Minister Kramp-Karrenbauer, behind them US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin\" width=\"1024\" height=\"613\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/21-07-01-AKK-2-mfo.jpg 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/21-07-01-AKK-2-mfo-300x180.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/21-07-01-AKK-2-mfo-768x460.jpg 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/21-07-01-AKK-2-mfo-627x376.jpg 627w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/21-07-01-AKK-2-mfo-440x264.jpg 440w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/21-07-01-AKK-2-mfo-750x449.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12096\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">US Admiral Christopher Grady and Minister Kramp-Karrenbauer, behind them US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Text: mb; Photos: BMVg<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Noch 2019 tr\u00e4umte Verteidigungsministerin Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer von einem Flugzeugtr\u00e4ger. Nun, nur etwas mehr als drei Jahre sp\u00e4ter, wurde aus dem Wunsch Wirklichkeit, die Ministerin durfte an Bord eines Carriers Einblicke nehmen in die F\u00e4higkeiten der Marineflieger. Anders als gedacht, wehte allerdings nicht die blau-goldene Flagge Europas im Topp, sondern die Sterne und Streifen der Vereinigten [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":12094,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[50,486,45,42],"tags":[1075,1426,394],"class_list":["post-12097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sicherheitspolitik-news","category-headlines","category-marinen-aus-aller-welt-news","category-news","tag-annegret-kramp-karrenbauer","tag-harry-s-truman","tag-us-navy"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}