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Xian

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Jeff Head said:
The only nations right now that have two (or more) active fixed wing carriers are The US Navy, the Indian Navy and the Italian Navy.
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Thats not 100% correct...
The Italien Navy has 2 carrier vessels in service, but uses only one of them as fixed wing carrier!
They have only one Harrier Air Wing which is embarked on Cavour.
Since the comissioning of Cavour the former STOVL carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi is mainly used as helicopter carrier to support mine countermeasure or amphibious operations.
Harriers will only fly from Garibaldi if the Italians have the need to bring out a carrier and Cavour is not available.

So, the only TRUE multiple carrier navys that are able to operate at least 2 carriers simultaneously are the US Navy and Indian Navy.
 
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Jeff Head said:
GREAT night time operations on Indian Virkamaditya. Night landing and take off.
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Don't want to spoil the party :p , but these are relatively old clips from 2013, with Russian test pilot (identified as Oleg Mutovin) . And they look awfully familiar to me, I think we already saw them in this forum. I hope some more recent videos with Indian crews would emerge soon.
 
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Xian said:
Thats not 100% correct...
The Italien Navy has 2 carrier vessels in service, but uses only one of them as fixed wing carrier!
They have only one Harrier Air Wing which is embarked on Cavour.
Since the comissioning of Cavour the former STOVL carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi is mainly used as helicopter carrier to support mine countermeasure or amphibious operations.

So, the only TRUE multiple carrier navys that are able to operate at least 2 carriers simultaneously are the US Navy and Indian Navy.
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No...they can operate both. And they do on occasion. My statement is 100% correct.

Both of those Italian carriers are fixed wing capable and have operated them as such in the past.

It is true they only have one wing of the Harriers...but they do cross deck onto both vessels, and are capable of operating both simultaneously...with either their own aircraft, or cross decked with others..

I leave my statement standing, with no modification.

The Italian are one of only three nations who operate two or more fixed wing carriers.
 
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thunderchief said:
Don't want to spoil the party :p , but these are relatively old clips from 2013, with Russian test pilot (identified as Oleg Mutovin) . And they look awfully familiar to me, I think we already saw them in this forum. I hope some more recent videos with Indian crews would emerge soon.
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Thanks.

I had not seen full-on night tests from the Russians when they were qualifying the Virkam. I was sent these links and told they were more recent.

If it is the Russian test pilots from over a year ago while they were still in Russian hands, and not the Indians...then that is a different matter.
 
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Naval Today said:
Five E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes assigned to Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 125 will make their maiden deployment as part of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 1 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).

The E-2D Advanced Hawkeye is set to replace the E-2C Hawkeye in its primary mission to provide airborne early warning and command and control capabilities for all aircraft-carrier battle groups. While the primary mission for the E-2 has not changed, the Advanced Hawkeye is able to gather and process data more precisely and efficiently thanks to state-of-the-art radar and communication equipment.

The Advanced Hawkeye’s technology makes it a multi-mission platform through its ability to coordinate concurrent missions which may arise during a single flight. These missions can include airborne strike, ground force support, rescue operations and managing a reliable communications network capable of supporting drug interdiction operations.

With the first five going out to sea, the Navy plans to continue procuring the Advanced Hawkeye to replace the Hawkeye through 2023.
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This is good news. Glad to see more and more US Carrier Air Wings getting the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye.

The capabilities of the US Navy AEW&C Aircraft are a huge advantage, force multiplier, and game changer for US Navy Carrier Strike group operations.
 
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