Originally shared by +Randy LaVigne
New Navy Ships Have Trouble Surviving the High Seas
The U.S. Navy is spending millions of dollars to repair new high-speed transport ships built by Austal Ltd. because their weak bows can’t stand buffeting from high seas, according to the Pentagon’s chief weapons tester.
End of an era…
Goodbye, HMS Gannet (with images, tweets) · RoyalNavy
Royal Navy Search and Rescue (SAR) Flight, HMS Gannet, say a final farewell to Scotland with a fly-past. Here are a selection of your goodbye tweets.
Originally shared by +don gilchrist
US Air Force’s A-10 Warthog to Keep Fighting Daesh and ‘Russian Aggression’
The US Air Force will delay retirement of the A-10 Warthog indefinitely, citing the ongoing threat of Daesh – and Russian “aggression.”
Originally shared by +Gazing Skyward TV
January 15th, 1943
First flight of the Vultee XP-54 Swoose Goose.
The Vultee XP-54 Swoose Goose was a prototype fighter built by the Vultee Aircraft Company for the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF).
Vultee had submitted a proposal in response to a U.S. Army Air Corps request for an unusual configuration. The Vultee design won the competition, beating the Curtiss XP-55 Ascender and the Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet. Vultee designated it Model 84, a descendant of their earlier Model 78. After completing preliminary engineering and wind tunnel tests, a contract for a prototype was awarded on 8 January 1941. A second prototype was ordered on 17 March 1942. Although it appeared to be a radical design, its actual performance was lackluster and the project was subsequently canceled….
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JoeBaugher.com, Vultee XP-54:http://gstv.us/1RKzQMQ
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U.S. Navy’s New Fast Transport Ships Can’t Stand Buffeting From High Seas – gCaptain
By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) — The U.S. Navy is spending millions of dollars to repair new high-speed transport ships built by Austal Ltd. because their weak bows can’t stand buffeting from high seas, according to the Pentagon’s chief weapons tester. “The entire ship class requires reinforcing structure” to bridge the twin hulls of the all-aluminum …
Dechaineux returns
HMAS Dechaineux returned to her home port at Fleet Base West just before Christmas, following a six month deployment to Asia and the east coast of Australia.
Originally shared by +Warbirds News
Top Airshow Performers Commit to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2016
Top Airshow Performers Commit to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2016
Originally shared by +Dmitry Shulgin
http://www.dmitryshulgin.com/2016/01/16/c295w-for-canada/
C295W for Canada | Modern weapons
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Originally shared by +Randy LaVigne
Boeing B-52 evolves again with guided weapons launcher
On 16 January 1991, seven Boeing B-52Gs fully loaded with AGM-86C conventional air-launched cruise missiles took flight from Barksdale AFB in Louisiana on a top-secret mission to destroy targets inside Iraq.
USCG Begins Icebreaking in Western Great
U.S. Coast Guard Sector Sault Ste Marie on Wednesday commenced Operation Taconite, an icebreaking mission launched in response |
As Iran’s Tankers Point Abroad, Oil Prices Tumble
With Iran ready to resume business as usual with the world under a historic nuclear deal, Tehran will target India, Asia’s fastest-growing major oil
USS Oakland and submarines USS Thresher, Kraken and Stickleback – 1945.
