QE arrives back at her birthplace and meets up with her younger sister for the first time in two years. Later this year we hopefully will see both of them sailing in company:
Aircraft Carriers III
- Thread starter Jeff Head
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USS George Washington (CVN73) at sunset
Gotta go "Jura" on that photo above..that photo is 7 years old...Beautiful photo...I posted this photo in SEP 2012;
https://www.sinodefenceforum.com/todays-us-navy-photos-videos.t5379/page-72#post-202826
Here's the orginal caption.
PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 08, 2012) The forward deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) sails through calm seas near Guam at sunset. George Washington is the centerpiece of Carrier Strike Group FIVE, the US Navy’s only continuously forward deployed carrier strike group, based out of Yokosuka, Japan. Carrier Strike Group FIVE is currently on a routine Western Pacific patrol. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Paul Kelly/ Released)
In case anyone wants to know George Washington is undergoing a RCOH right now in Huntington-Ingalls shipyard Newport News VA.
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U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (April 4, 2019) - An AV-8B Harrier attached to the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit taxis on the flight deck of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3). Kearsarge is the flagship for the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and, with the embarked 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points. (U.S. Navy photos by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Mike DiMestico/Released)
SOUTH CHINA SEA (April 4, 2019) F-35B Lightning II aircraft, assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121, are secured to the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) during a replenishment-at-sea during Exercise Balikatan 2019. Exercise Balikatan, in its 35th iteration, is an annual U.S., Philippine military training exercise focused on a variety of missions, including humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, counter-terrorism, and other combined military operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Daniel Barker)
SOUTH CHINA SEA (March 29, 2019) The amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) transits the waters of the South China Sea. Wasp, flagship of Wasp Amphibious Ready Group, is operating in the Indo-Pacific region to enhance interoperability with partners and serve as a lethal, ready-response force for any type of contingency. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Daniel Barker)
PHILIPPINE SEA (March 28, 2019) - An MV-22 Osprey, assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 268, takes off from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1). Wasp, flagship of Wasp Amphibious Ready Group, is operating in the Indo-Pacific region to enhance interoperability with partners and serve as a lethal ready-response force for any type of contingency. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Sean Galbreath)
https://www.sinodefenceforum.com/todays-us-navy-photos-videos.t5379/page-72#post-202826
Here's the orginal caption.
PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 08, 2012) The forward deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) sails through calm seas near Guam at sunset. George Washington is the centerpiece of Carrier Strike Group FIVE, the US Navy’s only continuously forward deployed carrier strike group, based out of Yokosuka, Japan. Carrier Strike Group FIVE is currently on a routine Western Pacific patrol. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Paul Kelly/ Released)
In case anyone wants to know George Washington is undergoing a RCOH right now in Huntington-Ingalls shipyard Newport News VA.
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U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (April 4, 2019) - An AV-8B Harrier attached to the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit taxis on the flight deck of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3). Kearsarge is the flagship for the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and, with the embarked 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points. (U.S. Navy photos by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Mike DiMestico/Released)
SOUTH CHINA SEA (April 4, 2019) F-35B Lightning II aircraft, assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121, are secured to the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) during a replenishment-at-sea during Exercise Balikatan 2019. Exercise Balikatan, in its 35th iteration, is an annual U.S., Philippine military training exercise focused on a variety of missions, including humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, counter-terrorism, and other combined military operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Daniel Barker)
SOUTH CHINA SEA (March 29, 2019) The amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) transits the waters of the South China Sea. Wasp, flagship of Wasp Amphibious Ready Group, is operating in the Indo-Pacific region to enhance interoperability with partners and serve as a lethal, ready-response force for any type of contingency. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Daniel Barker)
PHILIPPINE SEA (March 28, 2019) - An MV-22 Osprey, assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 268, takes off from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1). Wasp, flagship of Wasp Amphibious Ready Group, is operating in the Indo-Pacific region to enhance interoperability with partners and serve as a lethal ready-response force for any type of contingency. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Sean Galbreath)
U.S. Navy Aviation Structural Mechanic (Equipment) 2nd Class Yan Gao, from Orange County, California, attaches a panel to an F/A-18E Super Hornet, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 14, in the hangar bay aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) in the Arabian Gulf, April 4, 2019. John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jeffery L. Southerland)
An aircraft launches from the flight deck of the Aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) while conducting flight operations in the Arabian Gulf, March 29, 2019. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ryan D. McLearnon)
The aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) transits through the Arabian Sea, March 17, 2019. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nick Bauer)
NORFOLK (April 1, 2019) MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopters attached to the "Griffins" of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 79 power down on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) as it departs Naval Station Norfolk as part of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group's deployment in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th, 6th and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility. With Abraham Lincoln as the flagship, deploying strike group assets include staffs, ships and aircraft of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 12, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 2 and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7; as well as the Spanish navy Alvaro de Bazan-class frigate ESPS Méndez Núñez (F 104). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Michael Singley)
ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 2, 2019) A C-2A Greyhound from the "Rawhides" of the Fleet Logistics Support Squadron (VRC) 40 launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). (US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Matt Herbst/Released)
asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
UK will soon have two commissioned carriers
What kind of operations?
No doubt one will be sailing North Atlantic lots of Russian activity has people spooked
Northern Arctic and also Mediterranean
Second one East of Suez
French have their carrier
Eastern Mediterranean will soon be busy with the 2 x Egyptian LHD and 2 x Turkish LHD the first one is completed and ready for launch
3 carriers from India and 3 from China soon
Again that’s 6 carrier which didn’t exists in the Arabian Sea/Indian Ocean/South China sea
Japan, South Korea and Australia adding another double digit flat decks altogether for the Pacific region
Only area I can think is Latin America but now Brazil has HMS Ocean
Overall huge increase in fixed wing and rotary wing from sea borne platforms
What kind of operations?
No doubt one will be sailing North Atlantic lots of Russian activity has people spooked
Northern Arctic and also Mediterranean
Second one East of Suez
French have their carrier
Eastern Mediterranean will soon be busy with the 2 x Egyptian LHD and 2 x Turkish LHD the first one is completed and ready for launch
3 carriers from India and 3 from China soon
Again that’s 6 carrier which didn’t exists in the Arabian Sea/Indian Ocean/South China sea
Japan, South Korea and Australia adding another double digit flat decks altogether for the Pacific region
Only area I can think is Latin America but now Brazil has HMS Ocean
Overall huge increase in fixed wing and rotary wing from sea borne platforms
Jura The idiot
General
LOL!
The view from the top of the flight deck ski ramp on Prince of Wales as HMS Queen Elizabeth is manoeuvred into the Rosyth dry dock on the afternoon of 6 Apr 19.
The same dock where the QE was assembled of course and floated from in 2014. The Goliath crane can be seen in the view also.
The QE will be in dry dock for 6 weeks until late May 19 before returning to her home port of Portsmouth.
The same dock where the QE was assembled of course and floated from in 2014. The Goliath crane can be seen in the view also.
The QE will be in dry dock for 6 weeks until late May 19 before returning to her home port of Portsmouth.
Great photos Obi Wan! What sort of upgrades will she receive, if any? Or since this visit to the builders yard is so short is this just for general upkeep? Thanks!
Can you imagine rolling off that bad boy in the dark??? LOL, might be a bit of a "gloot clincher"!
No major upgrades planned as such, the purpose of the visit is primarily about the hull. This is the first time since she was launched five years ago that she will be 'high and dry', and six weeks isn't really long enough for major surgery anyway. She already has two of her three Phalanx installed, the 30mm guns will follow sometime soon and she has more flying trials and exercises to partake in this year, not least the DT-III F-35B trials later in the year with Lightnings from 617 sqn this time...