15 FEBRUARY, 2024 Five new aircraft are on track for delivery starting from late this year to replace the C-130H (NZ) Hercules aircraft, which were purchased in 1965. The new aircraft can carry a greater number of pallets, due to their additional 4.5 metre length and payload capacity of 21 tonnes. The new fleet willContinue reading “RNZAF C-130J-30 Hercules gets official livery -The first of the Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130J-30 Hercules to come off the Lockheed Martin production line in Georgia, United States has received its official livery – featuring the RNZAF Kiwi Roundel and No. 40 Squadron’s mariner’s compass.”
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Royal New Zealand Navy successfully tests USV Bellona in Auckland Naval News February 2024 Navy Forces Maritime Defense Industry – POSTED ON THURSDAY, 15 FEBRUARY 2024 15:59
According to information published by the New Zealand MoD on February 13, 2024, Auckland Harbour has been selected as the site for a two-week trial of an Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV), named Bellona, aimed at evaluating its performance and capabilities. Follow Navy Recognition on Google News at this linkThis vessel, which utilizes a combination ofContinue reading “Royal New Zealand Navy successfully tests USV Bellona in Auckland Naval News February 2024 Navy Forces Maritime Defense Industry – POSTED ON THURSDAY, 15 FEBRUARY 2024 15:59”
Tricky E-7 adaptations complicate U.S. Air Force, Boeing negotiations – By Stephen Losey
A Royal Australian Air Force E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning and control aircraft is prepared for a sortie during Red Flag-Alaska 19-3 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 9, 2019. (2nd Lt. Mark Goss/Air Force) DENVER, Colo. — The Air Force’s desired adaptations to Boeing’s E-7A battlefield management aircraft are proving to be harder than expected andContinue reading “Tricky E-7 adaptations complicate U.S. Air Force, Boeing negotiations – By Stephen Losey”
Navy Surging C-2A Greyhounds as V-22 Groundings Continue SAM LAGRONE FEBRUARY 13, 2024 4:42 PM – UPDATED: FEBRUARY 13, 2024 6:19 PM
A C-2A Greyhound, attached to the ‘Rawhides’ of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron (VRC) 40, lands on the flight deck of USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) during routine operations in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, Oct. 23, 2023. US Navy Photo SAN DIEGO – The uncertainty of the return of the V-22 tiltrotor to full operations isContinue reading “Navy Surging C-2A Greyhounds as V-22 Groundings Continue SAM LAGRONE FEBRUARY 13, 2024 4:42 PM – UPDATED: FEBRUARY 13, 2024 6:19 PM”
Photos show damage that happened to USS Shaw (DD-373). She was a Mahan-class destroyer and the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Captain John Shaw, a naval officer.
Shaw sustained major damage from several bomb hits by Japanese forces during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Shaw (DD-373) wrecked in floating drydock YFD-2 on 7 December 1941, with fires were nearly out but structure still smoking. Her bow had been blown off by the explosion of her forward magazines, after she wasContinue reading “Photos show damage that happened to USS Shaw (DD-373). She was a Mahan-class destroyer and the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Captain John Shaw, a naval officer.”
