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India will receive first five French-made Rafale fighter aircraft next Wednesday

World Defence Newsby Army Recognition / 5h //keep unread//hide According to information released on The Print website of India on July 26, 2020, five French-made Dassault Rafale fighter aircraft will arrive in India next Wednesday for operational deployment with a week. In September 2016, India has signed an agreement with France for the delivery of 36 RafaleContinue reading “India will receive first five French-made Rafale fighter aircraft next Wednesday”

First Large Cruise Ships Start Sailing in Post-Covid-19 Service

The Maritime Executive 2h //keep unread//hide Large ocean-going cruise ships took their first tentative steps to resume service. Cruises departed this weekend aboard ships sailing from Germany and Taiwan marking the start of the first new cruises on large ships in over four months. Additional large cruise ships are expected to return to service in theContinue reading “First Large Cruise Ships Start Sailing in Post-Covid-19 Service”

USS Langley (CV-1/AV-3) was the United States Navy’s first aircraft carrier, converted in 1920 from the collier USS Jupiter (AC-3), and also the U.S. Navy’s first electrically propelled ship. Conversion of another collier was planned but canceled when the Washington Naval Treaty required the cancellation of the partially built battlecruisers Lexington and Saratoga, freeing up their hulls for conversion to the aircraft carriers CV-2 and CV-3.

USS LANGLEY 1937 USS Langley (CV-1/AV-3) was the United States Navy’s first aircraft carrier, converted in 1920 from the collier USS Jupiter (AC-3), and also the U.S. Navy’s first electrically propelled ship. Conversion of another collier was planned but canceled when the Washington Naval Treaty required the cancellation of the partially built battlecruisers Lexington andContinue reading “USS Langley (CV-1/AV-3) was the United States Navy’s first aircraft carrier, converted in 1920 from the collier USS Jupiter (AC-3), and also the U.S. Navy’s first electrically propelled ship. Conversion of another collier was planned but canceled when the Washington Naval Treaty required the cancellation of the partially built battlecruisers Lexington and Saratoga, freeing up their hulls for conversion to the aircraft carriers CV-2 and CV-3.”