Say It With Sailors! The Tradition of the Aircraft Carrier Deck Spell-Out
There is an old marketing slogan used by florists worldwide that has been in use for years: “Say it with Flowers!” The carrier-equipped navies of the world have a better…
There is an old marketing slogan used by florists worldwide that has been in use for years: “Say it with Flowers!” The carrier-equipped navies of the world have a better…
The developmental delays in the new technologies that are included aboard the first-in-class nuclear aircraft carrier have continued to slip Ford’s first deployment date, originally planned for 2018. USS Gerald R.…
The loss of four large attack carriers, including Kaga at Midway, was a crucial setback for Japan and contributed significantly to Japan’s ultimate defeat. Hundreds of miles off Midway Atoll, nearly halfway…
In a Tweet, personnel on the ship said of the clip: ‘Disclaimer: this video has been slowed down; F-35B moves significantly faster in real time!!’ Released on Oct. 16, 2019,…
The first operational deployment for HMS Queen Elizabeth 617 Squadron and a squadron of US Marine Corps F-35 Lightning jets is due to take place in 2021. For the first…
A-10 Thunderbolt II (80-0275/DM) received a custom paint job resembling a P-51 Mustang from the World War II era. The cool video in this post features 355th Equipment Maintenance Squadron…
What makes this clip unique is the gorgeous, non-standard double-delta silhouette of the J 35J Draken which stands out in Full Afterburner against the beautiful (although cloudy) Austrian background. Filmed…
The shocking footage in this post is the result of A Poor (or no) Preflight: a crew of three was on board the DHC-4 Caribou, and no one checked the…
The ongoing maintenance backlog in the East Coast’s aircraft carrier fleet leaves the Navy with no ready aircraft carrier available to sub in for USS Harry S. Truman, if needed. On…
“Everybody was lucky. We didn’t sink, no one got burned. We even managed to kick out the ‘enemy’ for a long time,” Vladimir Evseenko, K-314 Captain. In March 1984 USS…