AFRICOM: AF, Navy still flying Libya missions - Navy News News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Navy Times
I'm guessing that the Obama administration isn't real pleased w/this report. Don't get me wrong, I'm okay with the US Military participation. But don't lie to me and tell me they're not there.
Additionally, don't play the stupid limited warfare game. Bring a US Navy supercarrier to the fight and finish this off. USS Entprise CVN 65 is close by.
Wharf Rat
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Monday, June 27, 2011
Friday, June 24, 2011
USS George H W Bush CVN 77 on station, USS Enterprise CVN 65 Relieved
RED SEA (June 21, 2011) The Navy's oldest aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise (CVN 65), right, passes the Navy's newest aircraft carrier, USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), during a transit of the Strait of Bab el Mandeb. George H.W. Bush arrives in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility to take over operations for Enterprise. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Brooks B. Patton Jr./Released)
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Saturday, June 18, 2011
2Nd Test Flight of X-51 Aircraft Ends in Crash
2Nd Test Flight of X-51 Aircraft Ends in Crash: "EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) The Air Force says the second test of a hypersonic experimental aircraft ended in a crash off the Southern California coast earlier this week. The Los Angeles Times reports Friday that a video shows"
Friday, June 17, 2011
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
NORFOLK (June 13, 2011) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) passes Naval Station Norfolk as it begins sea trials. Dwight D. Eisenhower recently completed a nine-month planned incremental availability at Norfolk Naval Ship Yard and is resuming scheduled underway operations this summer. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Shonna L. Cunningham/Released)
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Welcome to the Fleet! USS William P Lawrence DDG 110
MOBILE, Ala. (June 4, 2011) Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawerence (DDG 110) man the rails and bring the ship to life during the ship's commissioning ceremony. The new destroyer honors the late Vice Adm. William P. Lawrence, a naval aviator who served as a test pilot and endured 6 years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. Lawrence went on to serve as the superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy and Chief of Naval Personnel. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Cmdr. Mark C. Jones/Released)
Monday, June 6, 2011
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This is a story on naming warships - politically correct names........
This is a story on naming warships - politically correct names........
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Editorial Note - The Wharf Rat knew this was a Nimitz class carrier, but wonders why a Ford class artist rendoring wasn't used.
I’m thinkin’ that’s Lincoln
A photo illustration released by the Navy over the weekend // Navy
An eagle-eyed reader named “Mike” wrote us over the weekend to make an interesting point about the Navy’s photo illustration released the day the Navy announced that the second Gerald R. Ford-class carrier will be named in honor of John F. Kennedy. His point? That ain’t no Ford.
“There’s plenty of renderings of the Ford Class available for use, and with the differences between classes you might as well be showing a picture of the Forrestal.”
Right you are. The carrier below JFK’s head is actually the Abraham Lincoln. The image was shot March 2 as the ship made its way across the Pacific near the end of its most-recent deployment. You can see the photo in its natural habitat here.Ford and its follow-ons will look more like this.