By: Sunil Tanna | 2010-04-04 | News and society USS Midway is an aircraft carrier that served with the US Navy. The ship was launched and laid down during World War Two, but was commissioned just after the war had ended. After a long and distinguished career, USS Midway was decommissioned 1992. In January 2004, the ship was moored at Broadway Pier in San Diego, California, and in June of the same year she opened to the public as a museum. read more
By: John Routledge | 2010-03-29 | Aviaton Tyre service equipment such as tyre pressure gauges and tyre inflators should protect us from tyre explosions. Precautions are still needed. Aircraft wheels can support enormous weights, as in a tug, or withstand the shock of a 100 tons of aircraft contacting the concrete at 150 mph. Compressed gas can produce enormous force and released suddenly, send out pieces of shrapnel like a bomb. read more
By: Lance Winslow | 2010-04-04 | News and society Not long ago a Russian Bomber was circling a US Carrier in a cat and mouse game similar the cold-war decades ago. Let me explain, there were two-bombers one circling closely near the carrier within its safety zone. The other was quite a bit of miles away, perhaps out of the blast zone of a "FOB" or Father of All Bombs. read more
By: Mary Rose | 2011-08-06 | News and society Aircraft carrier, the largest type of warship ever made by human beings, not only embodies the military and defense capacities of a country, but also indicates the comprehensive national strength. As of June 2011, only nine countries owns a total of 20 active-service aircraft carriers including the US, Russia, France, the UK, India, Brazil, Spain, Italy and Thailand. read more
By: Matthew McKernan | 2010-03-31 | News and society An aircraft carrier acts as a seagoing airbase. The aircraft carrier was designed for one thing; it was designed for deploying and recovering aircrafts. It allows the navy to go great distances and not have to rely on local bases to for staging aircraft missions. read more
By: Latayne Scott | 2010-04-03 | News and society Decades after wars such as Vietnam, today's soldiers in places like Afghanistan and Iraq are no less heroic; but the twenty-first-century EOD (Explosive Ordinance Disposal) devices they have on their side do the dual duties of both drawing fire and disarming explosive devices-all without exposing humans to the dangers they so routinely handle. read more
By: gaga | 2010-12-15 | Business Development The Invincible class has its origins in a sketch design for a 6,000 ton, guided-missile armed, helicopter carrying escort cruiser intended as a complement to the much larger CVA-01-class fleet aircraft carrier. The cancellation of CVA-01 in 1966 meant that the smaller cruiser would now have to provide the anti-submarine warfare (ASW) taskforce with command and control facilities. Two new designs were prepared for this requirement; a 12,500 ton cruiser with missiles forward read more
By: Fower Lee | 2011-07-29 | Politics China verified yesterday it's near to finishing the refitting from the former Soviet aircraft carrier Varyag, now referred to as Shi Lang, which the vessel will quickly be prepared for its first 'research and training' mission. read more
By: Seo5 Consulting | 2011-11-27 | Business Choosing the right aircraft mechanic school for your future career is perhaps one of the most important decisions you may ever make. read more
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By: Sky Light | 2011-06-17 | Vehicles A series of Russian military aircrafts, from the simplest to the most modern one, are gathered in the Central Air Force Museum at Monino city, Russia making the museum one of the world's largest aircraft museum. read more
By: ddddddd | 2011-04-14 | Arts & Entertainment Gadhafi''s forces are now expertly camouflaging their units to conceal them from detection and attack from the air, the officers said. "There is obviously a degree of savoir-faire on the part (of Gad... read more