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The Hickory Aviation Museum in Hickory, North Carolina took delivery of a Grumman A-6E Intruder (BuNo.155629) on October 1st. A team of their volunteers had ventured up to Rhode Island over the previous week to disassemble the aircraft for transport via low-loader to its new home.
The Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) P-1 is a maritime patrol, anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft in service with the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF). The sea service also uses the P-1 for both signals intelligence (SIGINT) and as a platform for anti-ship missiles.
From U.S. 3rd Fleet Public Affairs Posted July 7, 2021 Vice Adm. Steve Koehler briefs Vice Adm. G. Ashok Kumar on 3rd Fleet's organization and mission. (U.S. Navy/MC2 Jessica L. Hale) SAN DIEGO - Vice Adm. G. Ashok Kumar, Indian Navy Vice Chief of Naval Staff, met with Vice Adm. Steve Koehler, the commander of U.S. 3rd Fleet, during a visit to San Diego, June 28. The purpose of the meeting, held at the invitation of Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, focused on U.S. and Indian Navy cooperation in the area of undersea domain awareness, and is part of a larger visit which incl...
FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA Vice Adm. Bill Merz, commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, left, and Lani Dollaga place new shoulder boards on Rear Adm. Butch Dollaga, commander, Submarine Group 7 (CSG7), during his promotion to rear admiral upper half, Monday, May 3, 2021. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Adam K. Thomas/U.S. Navy photo) Vallejo native promotes to 2-star admiral VALLEJO — Rear Adm. Leonard “Butch” Dollaga, commander of Submarine Group 7 and a Vallejo native, received his second star Monday. The promotion to rear admiral, upper half, took place in Yokosuka, Japan, and was cond...
Jimmy Carter embarked upon a top-secret and very successful spying mission. On Jan. 20, 2013, the Seawolf-class attack submarine USS Jimmy Carter left her homeport in Bangor, Washington. Less than two months later, the submarine appeared at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii for repairs. It was all quite mysterious. During her time at sea, we don’t know where Jimmy Carter was or what her crew of nearly 150 were precisely doing. The Seawolf-class is one of the most secretive weapons in America’s arsenal, and information about the Navy’s “Silent Service” is difficult to discover … by design. ...