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Why China’s Tu-22 bombers would represent a serious threat to U.S. Navy aircraft carriers

January 4, 2013 David Cenciotti 19

As already happened in the past for other posts published on this blog, one the most interesting comment to The Aviationist’s recent article on China’s alleged purchase of the entire Tu-22 production line from Russia, […]

China buys Tu-22 production line from Russia. A major threat to the U.S. aircraft carriers in the region

December 29, 2012 Richard Clements 27

For the third time in 7 years (first one being in 2005, second earlier in 2012) several websites in China (link in Chinese) are reporting that China and Russia have agreed for Beijing to buy the […]

Aerial view of Naval Station Norfolk shows the U.S. has not learned much from Pearl Harbor

December 20, 2012 David Cenciotti 7

The following pictures, just released by the U.S. Naval Air Forces Facebook page, are impressive for a lot of reasons. First, they provide an impressive indirect “show of force”: there’s so much naval power (including […]

Boeing P-8A Poseidon Approaches U.S. Navy Fleet Operations

December 10, 2012 Michael Glynn 0

The Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft is nearing fleet service with the U.S. Navy (USN). USN VP-16 is approaching completion of a training syllabus at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida […]

[Special Feature] World’s first nuclear aircraft carrier USS Enterprise retires. For the moment.

December 1, 2012 David Cenciotti 4

USS Enterprise (CVN-65) was inactivated on Dec. 1 after 5 decades of service. From her commissioning as the world’s first nuclear powered aircraft carrier in November of 1961 to her final deployment ending November 2012, […]