Have You Ever Seen An AV-8B Harrier Use The Meatball To Land On An Amphibious Assault Ship?
This awesome video shows how Marine vertical landing jets use a Fresnel Lens Optical Landing System like their supercarrier-based counterparts.
This awesome video shows how Marine vertical landing jets use a Fresnel Lens Optical Landing System like their supercarrier-based counterparts.
The Navy has confirmed it believes the fire, which lasted for four days and burned so hot it warped the ship’s flight deck, was deliberately set.
Gutted by a fire last summer, the amphibious assault ship has been decommissioned and is making the long trip to the scrapyard.
While work on the Soviet-era carrier Admiral Kuznetsov seems to have slowed down, its two new assault ships are set to grow even bigger.
Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-35As worked alongside the U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship during maneuvers in the western Pacific.
Though still described as an amphibious warship, it will be focused on aviation operations and will lack a well deck.
The welcome news comes after over four straight days of firefighting operations aboard the stricken amphibious assault ship.
As the fire aboard the ship approaches the four-day mark, its stability has shifted, prompting an evacuation of the vessel and its pier.
The service says the ship is stable and structurally sound, but that it’s too early to assess its salvageability.
The Navy says it is throwing everything it has at fighting the blaze on the stricken amphibious assault ship as it enters into its 28th hour.