Aircraft Carriers III

[FORBIN]

Charles de Gaulle and a Ticonderoga

 

[FORBIN]

Tonnerre and FFG Guépratte left recently Toulon for mission " Jeanne d' Arc "

 

[asif iqbal]

Nice !

French navy has had a high deployment rate recently

The carrier is deployed and now the flat top

What's the status of the two other flat decks ? Are they at home port ?

France has a good flat deck navy

 

[FORBIN]

Amazing

U.S. ships from the Boxer and Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Groups sail with the Dokdo Amphibious Ready Group from the Republic of Korea as part of Exercise Ssang Yong 16, March 8, 2016.

EAST SEA (March 8, 2016) U.S. ships from the Boxer and Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Groups are underway with the Dokdo Amphibious Ready Group from the Republic of Korea during Ssang Yong 2016. The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps team are committed to the ROK-U.S. Alliance and conduct exercises regularly to ensure interoperability and maintain strong working relationships to support the sovereignty of the Republic of Korea. Ssang Yong familiarizes American armed forces with the Korean peninsula and builds upon the strong preexisting relationship between the two militaries

 

[Franklin]

INS Vikramaditya with 14 Fulcrums on her deck.

 

[Jura The idiot]

now I read some news about the Queen Elisabeth class being built (I can't get that article "Status update: UK carrier progress" by Rupert Pengelley, directly from Jane's though as the link doesn't work for me; the translation, at the site of a Russian blogger

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contains pictures), and what's hard to believe is 8 Mb/s Ethernet on board (an internal fiber-optic network with transmission rate of eight Megabits per second)

 

[Jeff Head]

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Having completed their South China Sea patrol, sailors and ships from the U.S. Navy’s John C. Stennis Strike Group arrived in the Republic of Korea (ROK) for a scheduled port visit March 13.

USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) and the guided-missile destroyers USS Stockdale (DDG 106) and USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) moored in Busan. The guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) settled in Mokpo and the guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110) is in Donghae.

JCSSG will participate with the ROK navy in Exercise Foal Eagle, an annual training exercise that incorporates scenarios such as gunnery exercises, communication drills, dynamic ship maneuvers, logistical rehearsals, salvage training and liaison officer exchanges between the two navies.

Stennis will also host guided tours for more than 1,200 locals while in port.

The JCSSG, the centerpiece of the

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, has spent the first two months of its deployment using an alternative fuel blend consisting of 10 percent biofuel manufactured from animal fat mixed with standard petroleum-based fuel. The ships are also using operational procedures and energy conservation measures to increase capability and adaptability.

USS John Stennis, CVN-74, currently in Korea
USS Ronald Reagan, CVN-76, currently off of Japan

 

[strehl]

I don't think I've seen this video posted yet. Nothing new but goes over the main points of difference introduced by the USS Ford.

 

[navyreco]

Pictures and Video: Last Operational Catapult Launch for French Navy Super Etendard Modernisé Fighter

The French Navy (Marine Nationale) released a video showing the last operational catapult launch for the Super Etendard Modernisé (SEM) from aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle. The event which took place March 16 2016 as Charles de Gaulle was coming back to Toulon naval base from its deployment in the Middle East marks the end of an era for the SEM.

As per tradition to bid farewell, a large part of the Charles de Gaulle crew gathered on the flight deck and the catapult officer launched the last SEM with a saber in his right hand.

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[Obi Wan Russell]

Does this mean the Aeronavale has enough Rafales in service to replace the SEMs aboard CdG? Or will her next deployment involve a smaller air group, with more helos filling the available space aboard the ship until enough Rafales are available?