United Airlines to Cancel Daily Service to Venezuela in July

United Airlines to Cancel Daily Service to Venezuela in July

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No one can deny that the socialist country of Venezuela is in turmoil with food shortages and public unrest. United Airlines recently announced they would be canceling their daily service between Caracas and Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport. While the flight is popular with Texas-based oil executives and Venezuelans living in the United States, few tourists travel […]

USS Independence Completes its Last Voyage – Towed to Brownsville Texas

USS Independence Completes its Last Voyage – Towed to Brownsville Texas

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The USS Independence was towed last Thursday into the Port of Brownsville where it will be dismantled for scrap. CV-62 was launched in 1958 and served almost 40 years in the Fleet before it was decommissioned in 1998. Watch the Independence Being Towed on its Final Voyage International Shipbreaking Ltd. President Chris Green credited the Port of […]

United Kingdom Royal Air Force (RAF) and Leonardo Continue Development of BriteCloud Radar Jamming Decoy

United Kingdom Royal Air Force (RAF) and Leonardo Continue Development of BriteCloud Radar Jamming Decoy

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We all know about fighter aircraft deploying chaff to try and defeat incoming radar guided missiles. Leonardo a global aerospace company has been working with the United Kingdom to develop a radar jamming decoy named BriteCloud. The company says that it is developing BriteCloud into a “third generation EAD, details of which are currently classified.” […]

Watch: USS Nimitz Strike Group Steams Out on Six Month Deployment!

Watch: USS Nimitz Strike Group Steams Out on Six Month Deployment!

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For the first time since 2013, the USS Nimitz CVN 68 left Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton last Thursday on a six month deployment to the western Pacific and Middle East. Take a Tour of the USS Nimitz After returning from its last deployment, the Nimitz underwent a 20-month maintenance and modernization period at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard […]

US Navy Accepts Newest Carrier USS Gerald R. Ford CVN 78!

US Navy Accepts Newest Carrier USS Gerald R. Ford CVN 78!

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The US Navy accepted delivery of the USS Gerald R. Ford on May 31st. CVN 78 is the first in its class (Ford class) and first new carrier design since the USS Nimitz (CVN 68) came into the fleet in 1975. Delivery followed the ship’s successful completion of acceptance trials May 26. “Congratulations to everyone […]