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Forum: Military Aviation

4th May 2024, 10:23

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NATO naval forces continue to work hard to keep...

NATO naval forces continue to work hard to keep the peace, with French, Italian, Spanish, and Turkish flattops carriers deployed in the Mediterranean.

Two Major NATO Exercises Underway...

Forum: Military Aviation

22nd Apr 2024, 11:59

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Not so many weeks ago we were involved with the...

Not so many weeks ago we were involved with the Netherlands in designing the landing platforms of the future, but I think that our participation went South due to founding issues.

There is an...

Forum: Military Aviation

22nd Apr 2024, 07:14

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The 1990s - a decade of post Cold War peace...

The 1990s - a decade of post Cold War peace marred by armed conflict.

As I recall our existing carriers were frequently busy on operations in the Mediterranean, Adriatic, and Arabian Gulf, doing...

Forum: Military Aviation

15th Apr 2024, 06:59

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Another NATO carrier deployment with a...

Another NATO carrier deployment with a multinational task group...

In first, France’s aircraft carrier to deploy under NATO command...

Forum: Military Aviation

25th Mar 2024, 08:17

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Talking of speed/time/distance considerations -...

Talking of speed/time/distance considerations - this news article about ongoing events in a small part of the Red Sea is worth reading: For U.S. carrier pilots, a vexing mission hunting down Houthi...

Forum: Military Aviation

16th Mar 2024, 11:42

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Quod Erat Demonstrandum - the largest NATO...

Quod Erat Demonstrandum - the largest NATO exercise since the end of the Cold War has included a carrier group protecting amphibious forces.

820 NAS have been good enough to remind everyone that...

Forum: Military Aviation

24th Feb 2024, 15:58

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Air Defence and ASW are on the menu: ...

Air Defence and ASW are on the menu:

https://twitter.com/820NAS/status/1760327239466414564?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1760327239466414564%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=...

Forum: Military Aviation

12th Feb 2024, 15:19

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HMS Prince of Wales sails for key NATO exercise...

HMS Prince of Wales sails for key NATO exercise in Norway...

Forum: Military Aviation

5th Feb 2024, 17:43

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I am sure you are aware that the F-35B Lightning...

I am sure you are aware that the F-35B Lightning Force build up is rather slow, but the plan is to put two squadrons aboard the carrier - both 617Sqn and 809NAS are pencilled in for CSG25 as far as I...

Forum: Military Aviation

4th Feb 2024, 18:26

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MARITIME OPERATING CONCEPT - THE MARITIME FORCE...

MARITIME OPERATING CONCEPT - THE MARITIME FORCE CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTEGRATED OPERATING CONCEPT...

Forum: Military Aviation

4th Feb 2024, 10:15

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It is a quote from the Navy Lookout article that...

It is a quote from the Navy Lookout article that ORAC quoted, not a statement from the MOD/RN. NATO is currently having its largest exercise in over thirty years, the first part of which was is...

Forum: Military Aviation

4th Feb 2024, 09:53

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HMS Queen Elizabeth returned from NATO tasking in...

HMS Queen Elizabeth returned from NATO tasking in December - both carriers have spent time on NATO operations, including the first part of the CSG21 deployment:

Italian ship joins Carrier Strike...

Forum: Military Aviation

30th Jan 2024, 21:00

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What makes missions operational? Delivering...

What makes missions operational? Delivering ordnance? The Maritime Operating Concept...

Forum: Military Aviation

28th Jan 2024, 09:29

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Stealth jets fight Daesh in first combat missions...

Stealth jets fight Daesh in first combat missions from HMS Queen Elizabeth (https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2021/june/22/210622-hms-queen-elizabeth-op-shader) - Royal Navy...

Forum: Military Aviation

27th Jan 2024, 14:59

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Analysis or the author's opinion? Perhaps the...

Analysis or the author's opinion? Perhaps the people you think should be held accountable are the RN (and some RAF) leaders, and some of the better politicians (and civil servants) - and the analysts...

Forum: Military Aviation

20th Jan 2024, 13:21

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There are no solutions, there are only trade offs...

There are no solutions, there are only trade offs - Thomas Sowell

Everyone thinks we need frigates, but some of us are aware we do not only need frigates. If you want someone to blame, try...

Forum: Military Aviation

19th Jan 2024, 11:55

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I still think that the headline was misleading. ...

I still think that the headline was misleading.

Anyway, this week British forces for Exercise Steadfast Defender 24 were announced...

Forum: Military Aviation

12th Jan 2024, 23:07

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Perhaps some of you missed this press release...

Perhaps some of you missed this press release from the Prime Minister's Office - 13 Oct 23...

Forum: Military Aviation

11th Jan 2024, 20:24

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We seem to be living in incredible times -...

We seem to be living in incredible times - deploying extra frigates to the Middle East while talking of cutting numbers, talking of mothballing the LPDs and letting talk of losing the amphibious...

Forum: Military Aviation

3rd Jan 2024, 07:46

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Are the Americans keeping their carriers 'well...

Are the Americans keeping their carriers 'well back'? Does the UK carrier commitment to NATO include a 'well back' clause - if so why have they frequently been in the Norwegian Sea or even up in...

Forum: Military Aviation

2nd Jan 2024, 07:55

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Happy New Year - we seem to be living in very...

Happy New Year - we seem to be living in very interesting times!

Asturias56 - the Earth is still round, and covered in sea. Most trade goes via sea. The Western democracies have to use the sea for...

Forum: Military Aviation

28th Dec 2023, 13:15

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No carrier has ever carried fighters for her own...

No carrier has ever carried fighters for her own self defence - defence of the fleet (also things such as maritime logistics or amphibious forces - which some count as power projection) demands...

Forum: Military Aviation

28th Dec 2023, 09:15

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Why? It is only a small area of the Red Sea where...

Why? It is only a small area of the Red Sea where the attacks are taking place, and as I am sure you are aware the UK F-35B Lightning is jointly RN/RAF run. There is of course the issue of planned...

Forum: Military Aviation

27th Dec 2023, 18:54

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Countering threats to shipping could be described...

Countering threats to shipping could be described as sea control.

US Navy shoots down more than a dozen drones, missiles in Red Sea...

Forum: Military Aviation

18th Dec 2023, 07:48

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Has there been a change of thinking regarding the...

Has there been a change of thinking regarding the use of language on the RN website? I have often tutted and shaken my head at descriptions of the jets 'protecting the carrier' or the Merlin doing...

Forum: Military Aviation

11th Dec 2023, 16:51

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Just think - only a few months ago the tabloids...

Just think - only a few months ago the tabloids were using words like scrapyard:

Thousands greet Britain’s biggest warship as HMS Prince of Wales completes US deployment...

Forum: Military Aviation

8th Dec 2023, 19:35

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809 Naval Air Squadron was recommissioned today:...

809 Naval Air Squadron was recommissioned today: Phoenix rising: iconic Naval unit re-born as UK’s second front-line F-35 squadron...

Forum: Military Aviation

4th Dec 2023, 00:02

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Also remember that RN Admirals currently hold the...

Also remember that RN Admirals currently hold the Chief of Defence Staff post and the NATO Deputy Supreme Commander Europe, as as the UK is the lead nation for NATO Maritime Command there is a...

Forum: Military Aviation

18th Nov 2023, 10:41

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Mr Francois is not held in the highest esteem by...

Mr Francois is not held in the highest esteem by many, some of who remember that he was a MOD Minister at a time of cuts, some of which a biting us today and forcing difficult decisions. The...

Forum: Military Aviation

14th Nov 2023, 06:09

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No - we are concentrating on the Euro-Atlantic...

No - we are concentrating on the Euro-Atlantic (the Northern Flank of which is the place Britain can make its most effective contribution to NATO and allied security) whilst keeping an eye on the...

Forum: Military Aviation

7th Nov 2023, 16:30

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I jumped the gun: HMS Queen Elizabeth...

I jumped the gun:

HMS Queen Elizabeth has resumed the CSG23 deployment and is participating in NATO operations and deterrence activities.

Here are some related things that might interest...

Forum: Military Aviation

7th Nov 2023, 11:28

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At 2200 GMT tonight BBC Four will start showing...

At 2200 GMT tonight BBC Four will start showing Chris Terill's 1995 documentary HMS Brilliant, about the frigate of the same name taking part in NATO operations in the Adriatic as a brutal conflict...

Forum: Military Aviation

4th Nov 2023, 18:01

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Apart from Russia... However the...

Apart from Russia...

However the constitutional limits on Japanese forces since the Second World War have prevented the Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force (not officially a navy - all down to...

Forum: Military Aviation

3rd Nov 2023, 10:07

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This morning my mobile phone flagged up this...

This morning my mobile phone flagged up this story of an Israeli F-35I splashing a cruise missile. This is significant as it demonstrates an ability to kill arrows as well as archers - something that...

Forum: Military Aviation

24th Oct 2023, 00:36

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Sadly the murderous mass terror attacks against...

Sadly the murderous mass terror attacks against Israel have complicated the geopolitical situation, alongside the continuing tensions with Russia, China, and Iran. When the US DOD directed the Ford...

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