Showing posts with label carrier. Show all posts
Showing posts with label carrier. Show all posts
Friday, March 17, 2017
Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier Photo Gallery
Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier Photo Gallery
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| USS George H W Bush (CVN 77) underway from Norfolk Naval Station to undergo tests (April 7, 2009) |
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| USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) travelling through the Straits of Magellan to San Diego in a transfer move on June 21, 2004 |
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| USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) alongside Military Sealift Command Oiler USNS John Lenthall in the Mediterranean Sea on May 19, 2003 |
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| USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) (left), steams alongside the British Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious (R 06) in the Persian Gulf on April 9, 1998. The two ships are operating in the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch, which is the U.S. and coalition enforcement of the no-fly-zone over Southern Iraq |
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| U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships steam in formation while participating in a photo exercise with the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) at the culmination of ANNUALEX 2008. ANNUALEX is a bilateral exercise between the U.S. Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (November 19, 2008) |
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| USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) and aircraft from Carrier Air Wing 2 perform an aerial demonstration in the South China Sea May 8, 2006. The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier and CVW 2 are under way in the Western Pacific for a scheduled six-month deployment |
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| (March 27, 2008) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) steams in the Atlantic Ocean. Roosevelt and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8 are conducting a tailored ships training availability and final evaluation problem |
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| (Jan. 21, 2012) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) is underway in the Arabian Sea. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility |
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| USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69), in the Indian Ocean, with U.S.S. George Washington steaming along. U.S.S. Dwight D. Eisenhower is conducting turnover operations, while U.S.S. George Washington is heading North to the Arabian Gulf to support Operation Southern Watch (July 22nd, 2000) |
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| The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11 transits into San Diego prior to mooring at Naval Air Station North Island. Nimitz is preparing for a 2009 regularly scheduled Western Pacific Deployment (June 29, 2009) |
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Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Naval Aerial Power Carrier Battle Groups
Naval Aerial Power Carrier Battle Groups
The carrier battle group first originated in WWII when Japan demonstrated the power of the carrier in the Battle of Pearl Harbour. Nowadays, the US Navy operates the largest number of carrier strike groups (US Navy term). Ten groups are based in the US and one is based in Japan.
As an example of the composition of a typical carrier battle group, heres what the French Charles de Gaulle carrier battle group usually consists of:
- the carrier air wing - about 40 aircraft
- a submarine
- two anti-submarine destroyers
- two anti-aircraft destroyers
- one frigate in forward patrol
- one supply ship
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Saturday, February 4, 2017
NAVYS CARRIER CAPABLE STEALTH UAV the X 47B
NAVYS CARRIER CAPABLE STEALTH UAV the X 47B
Just a week ago, the Navy test-flew its new UAV, the X-47B. The test flight took place at Edwards AFB at 2 p.m. and lasted 29 minutes. The aircraft reached an altitude of 5 000 ft.
The X-47B is said to revolutionize robotic aerial warfare because of some of its one of a kind characteristics. Unlike other UAVs before it, such as the Predators and Reapers operating in the Middle East, the X-47B is powered by a jet engine so it can fly at much higher speeds. This new UAV also possesses stealth characteristics and will also be able to operate off carriers.
The X-47Bs airframe looks like a combination between the B-2 and the F-117. It has a tailless design like the B-2 and the wing design of the F-117. The demonstration aircraft seen above is only a fraction of the size the X-47B will be. The X-47C, a proposed larger version, will have a wingspan of 172 ft, more than 4 times the length of the wingspan of the B variant (which is 38.2 ft).
The funding for this aircraft began in 2007 when the Navy awarded a $ 635.8 million contract to Northrop Grumman. It will be a few more years before the X-47B comes into service but it shows that more and more attention is being paid on unmanned aerial vehicles and that in the future, aerial warfare will probably be predominantly unmanned planes.
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