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The plot thickens . . . Concrete Magnate Aims To Save SS United States From Becoming Artificial Reef By Ryan Erik King - Jalopnik 20 November 2024 The SS United States was originally scheduled to be towed to its final resting place at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico last week after its sale to Okal...

Depending on how involved Egypt wants to be, Cairo West Air Base might be a possibility. I know B-52s deployed there for Bright Star 1983.

Haven't thought about that: the war in the peripheries hasn't gotten much attention. But they would try to monitor-if not stop-tanker convoys using the Red Sea shipping lanes. Because I posted on my forum a photo of a Oman Fighter intercepting a Soviet ASW plane, and the only location that plane co...

Got some questions about the People's Republic of China. I take it they don't want the USSR to win, but they want the west to bleed for a while. Besides staging troops on the border and a few incidents, are they do anything to hinder the Soviets? I think answering that question requires a deeper di...

New Berth for Museum Ship USS Texas Under Debate By John Grady November 5, 2024 The last World War I-era American dreadnought USS Texas (BB-35) will remain in the Port of Galveston as a museum ship, but exactly where is the subject of a new set of negotiations between the trustees of that city’s wh...

Flaw in Osprey Gears Was Known a Decade Prior to Deadly Japan Crash, Internal Report Shows Military.com | By Konstantin Toropin and Thomas Novelly August 21, 2024 Internal safety documents obtained by Military.com show that warnings related to a mechanical issue that caused an Air Force Osprey to c...

Because of course it's Boeing . . . I know and accept that certain things on military aircraft cost more than their commercial equivalent. But a soap dispenser on a C-17 should not cost 80 times more than the soap dispenser that goes in a 737. USAF Overpaid For C-17 Parts, More Oversight Needed, Wat...

Follow up on the welding issue. HII: Fewer than 2 Dozen Shipyard Workers Involved in Suspect Welds, Delay in 17-Sub Contract Creates ‘Unpredictability’ By Sam LaGrone October 31, 2024 Fewer than two dozen shipyard workers are responsible for suspicious welds that were discovered on aircraft carriers...

Navy will extend service lives of 3 cruisers following destroyer announcement By Justin Katz November 04, 2024 PARIS — The US Navy announced today it is extending the service lives of three Ticonderoga-class cruisers, a decision that adds 10 years of cumulative ship service to the fleet and follows...

I'm not entirely sure what version this is, so I'm sure there are errors in it. WHat date is best for the timeline? Cheers: Mark Which one is most likely to be the straw that breaks the camel's back to bring down the Clark government? My two cents. If the Victor Incident happens first, it plants th...

Mark,

Couple questions for clarification:
1) So the actual Victor II wreck was on 16 May 2001?

2) Did we move the year of the Timor Massacre? Because your other story sets it in March 2000, but this one refers to it happening on 5 June 2002.

Point of clarification: Did the A-4M go back into production for new-builds? Or are you all just talking about rebuilds of older models? As for the A-4s for Australia: Fs upgraded to near-M standard in terms of avionics might be best. The Marines and AF would have first call on aircraft from any reo...

Not that we have the money, or the people, but it seems like a second Hurricane Hunter squadron would not be the worst thing to have. Air Force Report: Hurricane Hunters Stretched Thin Amid Brutal Storms Oct. 2, 2024 | By David Roza New storms may already be forming in the Caribbean and tropical Atl...

So the KC-10s are now gone. ‘The Gucci Way’: Air Force’s Very Last KC-10 Tanker Bids Adieu at Travis Sept. 26, 2024 | By David Roza TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.—Military aircraft are not known for fine dining, which is why several years ago Master Sgt. Van Stewart Jr. was surprised to wake up midwa...

A positive developments, but it seems like something that requires relatively calm seas or being in an anchorage. But at least we're workign the problem and testing something. A Navy first: USS Chosin tests resupplying rapid-fire launch system at sea By Caitlyn Burchett Stars and Stripes October 11,...

Electric Boat Slows Down Sub Production Because of Delayed Parts By The Maritime Executive October 24, 2024 On Wednesday, in a confirmation of the concerns of U.S. Navy leadership, the head of General Dynamics said that her company would be slowing down the pace of construction on new submarines to...

Navy fires top commanders of ship repair facility in Japan by Ellen Mitchell - The Hill October 21, 2024 The Navy over the weekend fired both the commanding and executive officers of a U.S. naval ship repair facility in Yokosuka, Japan, citing “a loss of confidence in their ability to command,” acc...

US Navy Press Release SECNAV Announces Service Life Extensions for 12 Destroyers to “Keep More Ready Players on the Field” 31 October 2024 WASHINGTON – Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced on October 31 that the Department of the Navy plans to operate 12 Arleigh Burke class (DDG 51) Fligh...

"‘Can we get more?’ ‘No PM. No more physically exist aside from five in museums and they have refused to sell them.’" A government of national salvation should have no qualms about seizing them. As for the museum bosses . . . A few small issues: 1) None of the five are in Australian museu...

So our story POD is late 1989, but Australia and Southeast Asia largely carry on as in @ until 1998/1999*. *As a side note, I think the one area of difference will be that with the continued Cold War, Vietnam is going to have a more modernized force, with that meaning Thailand is likely to get clear...