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Beirut: RAF Delivers Cold Storage Containers To Lebanese Capital The delivery of the units, which can store medical supplies, comes as relief efforts in Beirut continue following a huge explosion.

 Play Video https://www.forces.net/news/beirut-raf-delivers-cold-storage-containers-lebanese-capital The Royal Air Force has delivered cold storage units to the Lebanese Armed Forces in Beirut, following a large explosion in the city’s port this month. A  C-17 aircraft carrying the containers arrived in Lebanon on Saturday from RAF Brize Norton. The delivery of the units, which can be used to store medical supplies, comesContinue reading “Beirut: RAF Delivers Cold Storage Containers To Lebanese Capital The delivery of the units, which can store medical supplies, comes as relief efforts in Beirut continue following a huge explosion.”

HMNZS Kahu (A04) was a Moa-class inshore patrol vessel of the Royal New Zealand Navy. She was launched in 1979 as the lead boat of her class, modified to function as a diving tender. She was initially named HMNZS Manawanui (A09),[1] the second of soon to be four diving tenders with this name to serve in the New Zealand Navy. As a diving tender she participated in the exploration and salvage work of the wreck MS Mikhail Lermontov in March 1986.

  HMNZS Kahu (A04) was a Moa-class inshore patrol vessel of the Royal New Zealand Navy. She was launched in 1979 as the lead boat of her class, modified to function as a diving tender. She was initially named HMNZS Manawanui (A09),[1] the second of soon to be four diving tenders with this name toContinue reading “HMNZS Kahu (A04) was a Moa-class inshore patrol vessel of the Royal New Zealand Navy. She was launched in 1979 as the lead boat of her class, modified to function as a diving tender. She was initially named HMNZS Manawanui (A09),[1] the second of soon to be four diving tenders with this name to serve in the New Zealand Navy. As a diving tender she participated in the exploration and salvage work of the wreck MS Mikhail Lermontov in March 1986.”

30 Years Ago Today: Salamandre – Here we see the “le Clem,” the French Navy’s Clemenceau (R98)

laststandonzombieisland 4d //keep unread//hide Here we see the “le Clem,” the French Navy’s Clemenceau (R98), the service’s first domestic-built fleet carrier, with her deck full of…Army trucks and helicopters as well as a handful of Bréguet 1050 Alizé ASW aircraft. Photo: Marine Nationale The reason? Saddam, of course. Commissioned in 1961 as the first of a two-ship classContinue reading “30 Years Ago Today: Salamandre – Here we see the “le Clem,” the French Navy’s Clemenceau (R98)”

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Aug. 17, 2020

  200+USNI Newsby U.S. Naval Institute Staff / 9h //keep unread//hide Is this article about aerospace?YESNO USNI News Image These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of Aug 17, 2020, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG isContinue reading “USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Aug. 17, 2020”