Navy aircraft carriers that were conducting operations in the gulf; to destroy the small but potentially effective Iraqi coastal defense navy; to clear Iraqi submarine mines from the combat theatre; and to threaten a major amphibious assault on Iraqi forces in Kuwait. All of these objectives were...
have been seen flying low over the old battlefields of Normandy throughout the week. The US Air Force says it has 14 aircraft operating from the Cherbourg-Maupertus airport for the D-Day commemoration.
EOTech, a division of L3Harris Technologies, has added the versatile 1–8x24mm Second Focal Plane (SFP) configuration to its Vudu riflescope lineup. Like other Vudu scopes, the 1–8x24mm SFP is made from aircraft-grade aluminum — including a one-piece 30mm tube —...
The bureaucrat With the election of the Labour Government in 1935 and takeover of agricultural marketing, Arthur’s private sector roles were lost and so he joined the Internal Marketing Division of the Primary Products Marketing Board based in Auckland. Pioneer Aviator Arthur obtain his aircraft pi...
By late 1998 carriers and carrier air wings had undergone numerous upgrades in materiel and training that made carrier aviation much more lethal and efficient sinceDesert Storm. During that conflict the United States operated six aircraft carriers in restricted waters, some air wings flying hundreds ...