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Wall Street Journal • Jason Douglas

US B-52s Join Japanese Fighters Over Sea of Japan After China–Russia Bomber Patrols

Two U.S. B-52 strategic bombers flew alongside Japanese fighter jets over the Sea of Japan in coordinated patrols this week, a direct response to recent China–Russia long-range bomber sorties. The joint flights signal strengthened allied readiness amid heightened regional air activity.

2025-12-10T23:42:00.098467-08:00

The War Zone

Navy finds training, procedure and communication failures behind four USS Harry S. Truman mishaps during Houthi campaign

2025-12-04T10:42:48.284060-08:00

Wall Street Journal

U.S. deploys USS Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group to southern Caribbean for counter‑narcotics amid regional escalation

2025-10-24T09:58:59.131359-07:00

News.CN

China commissions Fujian, third carrier and its first with electromagnetic catapults

2025-11-06T21:22:11.637495-08:00

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defence-blog.com

Satellite imagery indicates China has begun building its first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Analysis of commercial satellite imagery by a Japanese think tank indicates China may have started construction of its first nuclear-powered supercarrier at a major northeastern shipyard; imagery shows ship blocks and infrastructure consistent with a large carrier hull, a step that would broaden Beijing’s carrier endurance and operational reach.

2025-12-15T07:10:48.057491-08:00

Satellite imagery indicates China has begun building its first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier

nationalsecurityjournal.org

U.S. Navy’s Carrier Edge: Decades of Flight‑Deck Experience versus China’s New Carriers The U.S. carrier advantage lies less in hull count than in institutional flight‑deck experience — decades of launch and recovery cycles, night traps in bad weather and sustained high‑tempo operations honed in war and deployment. That operational 'muscle memory' shapes sortie generation, resilience and combat readiness against newer Chinese carriers.

2025-12-14T16:28:20.925455-08:00

U.S. Navy’s Carrier Edge: Decades of Flight‑Deck Experience versus China’s New Carriers

USNI News

USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) Readying for January 2026 Sea Trials as Newport News Retention Improves Newport News Shipbuilding president Kari Wilkinson told USNI News the Ford-class carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) is preparing for sea trials in January 2026. She said employee retention at the yard is improving, following the keel‑laying of the future submarine USS Barb (SSN‑804).

2025-12-11T15:22:45.604077-08:00

USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) Readying for January 2026 Sea Trials as Newport News Retention Improves

defence-blog.com

USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN‑72), flagship of Carrier Strike Group 3, docks in Guam for scheduled port visit The Nimitz‑class nuclear carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN‑72), flagship of Carrier Strike Group 3, docked in Guam on Dec. 11 for a scheduled port visit, the Navy said. The call is part of routine strike‑group operations during its Western Pacific deployment.

2025-12-11T09:21:05.211376-08:00

USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN‑72), flagship of Carrier Strike Group 3, docks in Guam for scheduled port visit

Wall Street Journal

US B-52s Join Japanese Fighters Over Sea of Japan After China–Russia Bomber Patrols Two U.S. B-52 strategic bombers flew alongside Japanese fighter jets over the Sea of Japan in coordinated patrols this week, a direct response to recent China–Russia long-range bomber sorties. The joint flights signal strengthened allied readiness amid heightened regional air activity.

2025-12-10T23:42:00.098467-08:00

US B-52s Join Japanese Fighters Over Sea of Japan After China–Russia Bomber Patrols

Wall Street Journal

U.S. forces seize 'Skipper' tanker off Venezuela in helicopter rappel after AIS‑spoofing detection The U.S. Coast Guard and special operations forces disabled and seized the oil tanker Skipper off Venezuela’s coast — described by authorities as a central node in an illicit “ghost fleet” moving sanctioned crude — after detecting AIS spoofing. The operation featured armed helicopter rappels and prompted a presidential order for a major regional military buildup.

2025-12-10T21:54:40.833553-08:00

U.S. forces seize 'Skipper' tanker off Venezuela in helicopter rappel after AIS‑spoofing detection

Stars and Stripes

U.S. Navy F/A-18s tracked over Gulf of Venezuela amid rising tensions Public flight‑tracking sites recorded two U.S. Navy F/A‑18 fighter jets flying over the Gulf of Venezuela on Tuesday. U.S. officials characterised the sortie as a routine training flight — the closest American warplanes have come to Venezuelan airspace since the recent pressure campaign.

2025-12-09T13:48:48.924015-08:00

U.S. Navy F/A-18s tracked over Gulf of Venezuela amid rising tensions

DVIDS / U.S. DoD

U.S. Navy recovers F/A-18F Super Hornet and MH‑60R Seahawk sunk off USS Nimitz in South China Sea On Dec. 5, 2025 the U.S. Navy recovered an F/A-18F Super Hornet and an MH‑60R Seahawk that sank in the South China Sea after separate October 26 crashes from USS Nimitz. Both aircraft went down within about 30 minutes; salvage teams retrieved wreckage to prevent compromise.

2025-12-08T20:33:56.491830-08:00

U.S. Navy recovers F/A-18F Super Hornet and MH‑60R Seahawk sunk off USS Nimitz in South China Sea

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