Littoral Combat Ship Freedom Sorties from Singapore to Validate LCS Concept of Operations
The U.S. Navy’s new Freedom-class littoral combat ship (LCS) is making a deployment to the Western Pacific and the U.S. …
Naval Forces
The F/A-18 Celebrates 35 Years
Introduced in 1978, the venerable F/A-18 is celebrating 35 years as an integral part of naval aviation. The multimission strike-fighter …
The Ensign, the Rescue, and the HUP Helicopter
Less than a month after the signing of the armistice that ended the Korean War, a U.S. Navy photo of …
Philippine Navy Struggles With Modernization Plans
The second 378-foot, 2,300-ton former U.S. Coast Guard cutter for the Philippines, BRP Ramon Alcaraz (PF 16) (ex-U.S. CGC Dallas) …
Aegis BMD Sea-Based Elements: At Sea Today and Tomorrow
Strategic Underpinnings of Aegis BMD at Sea
The most recent U.S. national level strategic guidance is the January 2012 Department …
Combat Dragon II Demonstrates OV-10G+ Bronco Capabilities
In recent months, the U.S. special operations community has been quietly evaluating two North American OV-10G+ Bronco light combat aircraft …
Aegis BMD Sea-Based Elements: The Ship-based Solution
The U.S. Navy’s strong commitment to a national ballistic missile defense is articulated in the 2007 tri-service A Cooperative Strategy …
Book Review – X.1: The Royal Navy’s Mystery Submarine
In 1901, a British admiral reportedly denounced submarines as “underhand, unfair and damned un-English.” At the 1921 Washington Naval Conference, …
Israel Shipyard Ltd. Shows Off Its New Saar S-72 Concept at IMDEX
Some two years after initiating design work, Haifa based Israel Shipyard Ltd. (ISL) used the recent IMDEX Asia 2013 exhibition …
D-Day: Horace Flack, Margaret Flack, and the USS Harding
For sailor Horace Flack, the war started before he was old enough to enlist. Flack wasn’t 18 years old yet …