23 FEBRUARY, 2024 The five-strong team, flying the T-6C Texan II aircraft, will put on a full display above New Plymouth at midday on Saturday, followed by a flypast of Hawera’s Egmont A&P Show at 12.30pm. Visit the RNZAF Black Falcons Facebook page for any updates. View the full season schedule here on our website. https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/news/rnzaf-black-falcons-to-perform-at-taranaki-shows/ from BloggerContinue reading “RNZAF Black Falcons to perform at Taranaki shows -The Royal New Zealand Air Force aerobatics display team, the Black Falcons, will appear in Taranaki skies to entertain Americarna and A&P Show crowds this weekend”
Author Archives: John Currin (JC 's Naval and Military)
Casablanca-Class: The U.S. Navy Built 50 ‘Baby’ Aircraft Carriers in a Just 1 Year
Share on FacebookF Share on TwitterL Share on LinkedInI Subscribe to RSSR Print February 23, 2024 Topic: Security Region: Americas Blog Brand: The Reboot Tags: Aircraft CarriersU.S. NavyWorld War IIImperial Japanese NavyCasablanca-class In 1942, industrialist Henry Kaiser proposed mass-producing small escort carriers for the U.S. Navy to aid in World War II, using assembly-line techniques to launch one nearly every week. Despite initialContinue reading “Casablanca-Class: The U.S. Navy Built 50 ‘Baby’ Aircraft Carriers in a Just 1 Year”
2013 = HMS Protector Commanding Officer, Captain Rhett Hatcher prepares to carve the turkey
Royal Navy celebrates Christmas early in Antarctica The crew of a Royal Navy ship HMS Protector has celebrated Christmas early on the ice caps of Antarctica. From: Ministry of Defence Published 22 December 2013 Crew members of HMS Protector sit down to their Christmas dinner The ship is currently deployed to the Antarctic to carryContinue reading “2013 = HMS Protector Commanding Officer, Captain Rhett Hatcher prepares to carve the turkey”
US Navy awards HII $1.2B contract to overhaul long-sidelined sub USS Boise Originally launched in 1991, Boise has sat in port since 2017 due to a series of delays that denied it a timely availability at a public shipyard.
USS Boise (SSN-764) moors at Marathi NATO Pier Complex in Souda Bay, Greece, during a scheduled visit Dec. 23, 2014. Boise, a Los Angeles-class submarine, homeported in Norfolk, is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe. (U.S. Navy photo by MassContinue reading “US Navy awards HII $1.2B contract to overhaul long-sidelined sub USS Boise Originally launched in 1991, Boise has sat in port since 2017 due to a series of delays that denied it a timely availability at a public shipyard.”
Juan Sebastián de Elcano Sails on Her 96th Training Cruise
Commissioned in 1927, the Spanish Navy’s 371-foot steel-hulled training barquentine Juan Sebastián de Elcano left Cadiz last month for a regular seven-month cadet cruise, her 96th. The ship is under the command of Captain Luis Carreras-Presas do Campo and the crew of the four-mast brig-schooner is made up of 21 officers, 21 NCOs, 135 seamen/third-year cadets, andContinue reading “Juan Sebastián de Elcano Sails on Her 96th Training Cruise”
