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then undergo two years of sea trials before its expected commissioning in October 2020. INS Vikrant (2013) INS "Vikrant" ("víkrānta" "courageous") (IAC-I) is the first aircraft carrier built in India and the first aircraft carrier built by Cochin Shipyard (CSL) in Kochi, Kerala for the Indian Navy. The motto of the ship is "Jayema Sam Yudhi Sprdhah", which is taken from Rigveda 1.8.3 and can be translated as "I defeat those who fight against me". Work on the ship's design began in 1999, and the keel was laid in February 2009. The carrier was floated out of its dry dock
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2,000 tonnes is being upped to 12,000 tonnes. The AB/A grade steel used in making India's first fully home made Aircraft carrier INS Vikrant (2013) were produced in Rourkela Steel Plant. Rourkela Steel Plant team recently won Runners Up in prestigious SAIL Chairman`s Trophy for Young Managers 2017-18.. Rourkela Steel Plant Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP), in Rourkela, Odisha is the first integrated steel plant in the public sector in India. It was set up with West German collaboration with an installed capacity of 1 million tonnes in the 1960s. It is operated by Steel Authority of India. German metallurgical firms
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INS Vikrant (2013) INS "Vikrant" ("víkrānta" "courageous") (IAC-I) is the first aircraft carrier built in India and the first aircraft carrier built by Cochin Shipyard (CSL) in Kochi, Kerala for the Indian Navy. The motto of the ship is "Jayema Sam Yudhi Sprdhah", which is taken from Rigveda 1.8.3 and can be translated as "I defeat those who fight against me". Work on the ship's design began in 1999, and the keel was laid in February 2009. The carrier was floated out of its dry dock on 29 December 2011 and was launched in 2013. As of 2018, the ship
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then undergo two years of sea trials before its expected commissioning in October 2020. INS Vikrant (2013) INS "Vikrant" ("víkrānta" "courageous") (IAC-I) is the first aircraft carrier built in India and the first aircraft carrier built by Cochin Shipyard (CSL) in Kochi, Kerala for the Indian Navy. The motto of the ship is "Jayema Sam Yudhi Sprdhah", which is taken from Rigveda 1.8.3 and can be translated as "I defeat those who fight against me". Work on the ship's design began in 1999, and the keel was laid in February 2009. The carrier was floated out of its dry dock
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the first three vessels have been launched. Eight platform supply vessels for the Norwegian Seatankers Management Company, are also under construction. Cochin Shipyard is currently building India's first indigenous aircraft carrier. The "Vikrant"-class aircraft carriers (formerly, the Project 71 "Air Defence Ship" (ADS)) are the first aircraft carriers of the Indian Navy to be designed and built in India. The carriers will be the largest warships built by CSL. As of March 2016, it has nearly completed the construction of the first "Vikrant"-class carrier, the INS Vikrant. The shipyard started offering ship repair services in 1982 and has undertaken upgrades
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with sophisticated missile-capable warships, aircraft carrier, minesweepers, advanced submarines and the latest aircraft in its inventory, along with a significant use of state of the art technology that is indigenously manufactured. It operates one aircraft carrier and also plans to induct the INS Vikrant by 2020 followed by a larger INS Vishal. India started the IGMDP to be a self-reliant nation in missile development. The IGMDP program includes five missiles like the Prithvi and Agni of ballistic missiles, surface to air missiles Trishul and Akash and also the anti tank Nag missile. Prithvi and Agni missiles are inducted into the
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and was decommissioned in 2017. India commissioned in 2013 and will follow this with a second carrier, the new INS "Vikrant" in 2020. INS "Vikramaditya" is the modified , INS "Vikrant" will be the first indigenous Indian aircraft carrier. India plans to have three carrier battle groups by 2025, each centered on "Vikrant", "Vikramaditya" and "Vishal", the second, larger and is expected to be nuclear-powered Vikrant-class carrier. The Indian Navy's carrier battle group centered on "Viraat" consists of two destroyers, usually of the (previously s were used), two or more frigates, usually of the , Godavari or Nilgiri classes, and
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The first eight were built as the "Colossus" but revisions upgrading the design to handle larger and heavier aircraft led to the remainder being the "Majestic" class. In the post-war period, the Royal Navy operated a force of ten "Colossus" class carriers including the two maintenance carriers. In all, fifteen ships were completed from the 1942 design, of which most of the "Colossus" class and all the eventually completed "Majestic"s were variously sold to Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, India and the Netherlands. By 1939, HMS Hermes was being considered as equivalent to a light aircraft carrier, due to her
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perfectly possible that the new "cruisers" could be used to operate VTOL aircraft. The new ships were called "through-deck cruisers" and not "aircraft carrier". This was in part because CVA-01's cancellation was so recent, but also because the ships were intended to serve in traditional cruiser roles of CI and anti-submarine warfare, and were constructed like cruisers. The "aircraft carrier" name did not officially appear in association with the ships until the 1980 Defence Estimates referred to the "Invincible"s as such. Economic problems in the UK in the early 1970s delayed progress on the new ships, but the design continued
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Vikrant-class aircraft carrier The "Vikrant" class (formerly "Project 71 Air Defence Ship (ADS)" or "Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC)") is a class of aircraft carrier being built for the Indian Navy. The class represents the largest warships and the first aircraft carriers to be designed and built in India. Preparations for building the lead vessel of the class, INS "Vikrant", started in 2008, and the keel was laid in February 2009. The carrier was floated out of its dry dock on 29 December 2011, and launched on 12 August 2013. The scale and complexity of the project caused problems which delayed
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wife of Defence Minister A K Antony on 12 August 2013. Sea trials are expected to begin in 2019, with commissioning expected in 2020. Vikrant-class aircraft carrier The "Vikrant" class (formerly "Project 71 Air Defence Ship (ADS)" or "Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC)") is a class of aircraft carrier being built for the Indian Navy. The class represents the largest warships and the first aircraft carriers to be designed and built in India. Preparations for building the lead vessel of the class, INS "Vikrant", started in 2008, and the keel was laid in February 2009. The carrier was floated out of
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German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin The German aircraft carrier "Graf Zeppelin" was the lead ship in a class of two carriers of the same name ordered by the "Kriegsmarine". She was the only aircraft carrier launched by Germany and represented part of the "Kriegsmarine"s attempt to create a well-balanced oceangoing fleet, capable of projecting German naval power far beyond the narrow confines of the Baltic and North Seas. The carrier would have had a complement of 42 fighters and dive bombers. Construction on "Graf Zeppelin" began on 28 December 1936, when her keel was laid down at the Deutsche Werke
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aircraft being delivered in 1981. Multi-role fighter/attack aircraft project dating from 1983, employing one R-28V-300 and two RD-48 engines, PRNK-39 avionics suite; S-41D multi-mode radar, larger wing, increased fuel capacity and expanded weapons options based around Shkval or Kaira PGM designation systems. Yakovlev Yak-38 The Yakovlev Yak-38 (; NATO reporting name: "Forger") was the Soviet Naval Aviation's only operational VTOL strike fighter aircraft in addition to being its first operational carrier-based fixed-wing aircraft. It was developed specifically for, and served almost exclusively on, the s. Designed by the A.S. Yakovlev Design Bureau JSC, the first drawings showed a supersonic aircraft
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$12 billion for development and research) for the 100,000 ton "Gerald R. Ford"-class carrier (estimated service 2017) compared to the smaller $2 billion 45,000 ton s, which are able to deploy squadrons of F-35Bs. The first of this class, , is now in active service with another, , under construction and 9 more are planned. In a report to Congress in February 2018, the Navy stated it intends to maintain a "12 CVN force" as part of its 30-year acquisition plan. A few aircraft carriers have been preserved as museum ships. They are: Aircraft carrier An aircraft carrier is a
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its readiness for sea trials lasting 90 days. "Harry S. Truman" returned to the U.S. Navy fleet in the summer of 2012. On 26 November 2012, an X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) was hoisted on board "Harry S. Truman" in preparation for an unmanned aircraft's first, carrier-based testing. "Harry S. Truman" was to be the first aircraft carrier in Naval aviation history to host test operations for an unmanned aircraft. Testing on the X-47B was conducted over a three-week period that included in-port and underway demonstrations aboard. The X-47B successfully completed carrier deck tests aboard "Harry S. Truman" on
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were described by their Soviet builders as "Tyazholiy Avianesushchiy Kreyser" (TAKR or TAVKR) – “heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser” – intended to support and defend strategic missile-carrying submarines, surface ships, and maritime missile-carrying aircraft of the Soviet fleet. In its fleet defense role, "Admiral Kuznetsov"s P-700 Granit (SS-N-19 NATO reporting name: "Shipwreck") anti-ship cruise missiles, 3K95 Kinzhal ("Gauntlet") surface-to-air missiles, and Su-33 ("Flanker-D") aircraft are its main weapons. The fixed-wing aircraft on "Kuznetsov" are intended for air superiority operations to protect a deployed task force. The carrier also carries numerous helicopters for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and search and rescue (SAR) operations. "Kuznetsov"s
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to distant Japanese bases and should not be considered a front-line aircraft carrier. The status of any aircraft unit that she may have had is unclear.) Light carrier Shōhō was added to Fourth Kōkū Sentai on 22 December 1941. She was destroyed on 7 May 1942 in the Battle of the Coral Sea. Akagi, Kaga, Sōryū, and Hiryū were lost in the Battle of Midway. Each kōkū sentai of First Air Fleet tended to include a pair of aircraft carriers, and each included the respective hikōkitai/hikōtai (aircraft/aviation unit(s)) of each aircraft carrier. Each kōkū sentai of First Air Fleet was
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Sukhoi S-54 The Sukhoi S-54 was a series of three closely related aircraft proposals; the S-54 trainer aircraft, S-55 light fighter designed for export, and the S-56 carrier-capable light fighter. All members of the family resemble the Sukhoi Su-27 in general form, or the Sukhoi Su-33 more closely, but built around a single example of the Saturn AL-31 engine instead of two, and scaled down accordingly to a smaller layout. The design was offered to several potential customers, including South Africa and India, but was turned down. Development is apparently on hold, awaiting a launch customer. The project traces its
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mainly due to training and coordination which will take significant amount of time for Chinese PLA Navy to complete as this is the first aircraft carrier in their possession. As she is a training ship, "Liaoning" is not assigned to any of China's operation fleets. A second carrier was launched on 26 April 2017. She is the first to be built domestically, to a modified "Kuznetsov"-class design. The Type 001A aircraft carrier started sea trials on 23 April 2018,<ref name="scmp 4/18"></ref> and is scheduled to enter service in 2020. Chinese officials stated that a third carrier, also known as Type
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Japanese aircraft carrier Katsuragi The last purpose-built Japanese carrier construction during World War II was a group of vessels based on an improved design, but with individual units differing in detail reflecting the changing circumstances as the conflict in the Pacific approached its conclusion. "Katsuragi" was ordered 25 June 1942, under the provisional name of #5003, as part of the Kai-Maru 5 Program of 1942. This was a massive naval construction program intended to replace losses suffered at the Battle of Midway and focused on aircraft and aircraft carriers. The ship was one of 16 s planned, although only three
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using their afterburners. This results in the aircraft leaving the deck at a higher angle and elevation than on an aircraft carrier with a flat deck and catapults. The ski-jump take-off is less demanding on the pilot, since the acceleration is lower, but results in a clearance speed of only 120–140 km/h (75–85 mph) requiring an aircraft design which will not stall at those speeds. The "cruiser" role is facilitated by "Admiral Kuznetsov"'s complement of 12 long-range surface-to-surface anti-ship P-700 Granit (NATO reporting name: Shipwreck) cruise missiles. As a result, this armament is the basis for the ship's Russian type
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A Hawker Sea Fury crashed while landing on 15 May, killing the pilot and two members of the deck crew. The prototype of the turboprop-powered Fairey Gannet anti-submarine aircraft made its first carrier landing aboard on 16 June. This event was also the first landing of any turboprop aircraft aboard an aircraft carrier. Captain S. H. Carlill assumed command on 24 June and the "Illustrious" resumed deck-landing training. On 8 and 9 November the Supermarine 510 research aircraft made the first ever landings by a swept-wing aircraft aboard a carrier. This aircraft was one of the ancestors of the Supermarine
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1st Air Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy) The also known as the "Kidō Butai" ("Mobile Force"), was a name used for a combined carrier battle group comprising most of the aircraft carriers and carrier air groups of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), during the first eight months of the Pacific War. At the time of its best-known operation, the attack on Pearl Harbor, in December 1941, the 1st Air Fleet was the world's largest fleet of aircraft carriers. In its second generation, 1st Air Fleet was a land-based fleet of "kichi kōkūtai" (base air unit(s)). In 1912, the British Royal Navy
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The Fighting Lady The Fighting Lady is a 1944 documentary film produced by the U.S. Navy and narrated by Lt. Robert Taylor USNR. The plot of the film revolves around the life of seamen on board an anonymous aircraft carrier. Because of war time restrictions, the name of the aircraft carrier was disguised as "the Fighting Lady", although she was later identified as . ("Fighting Lady" was the known moniker of the Yorktown, just as "Lady Lex" for Lexington, "The Big E" for Enterprise, etc...) A few shots of aircraft landing were filmed aboard the "Yorktown"'s sister ship . Frequently
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was commissioned on 31 August 1948, taking the name previously carried by the RAN's seaplane carrier, and the first squadrons were delivered by the Australian aircraft carrier in May 1949. Over the course of the next decades, the RAN purchased larger, faster and more capable aircraft, which led to the facilities at "Albatross" being expanded - workshops and test facilities for jets were installed following the entry into service of the De Havilland Sea Venom in 1955, while a new control tower was built in 1958. The purchase of A-4 Skyhawks and S-2 Trackers with advanced avionics led to more
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greatest. "Taiho"s original design specified installation of two catapults on her forward bow for power-assisted take-offs. However, as the Imperial Japanese Navy had not developed a workable catapult for carrier decks by the time of "Taiho"s construction, these were eventually deleted from the requirements. The IJN instead opted to use rocket-assisted take-off gear (RATOG) when necessary. This consisted of two solid-propellant (cordite) rockets attached to either side of a plane's fuselage. Generating of thrust for three seconds, they were able to get an aircraft airborne in a much shorter distance than normally required.<ref name="Ahlberg/Lengerer14">Ahlberg/Lengerer, p.14</ref> On "Taihō"s port side, abreast
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× 24 × 7 meters (3,648 square meters). "Clemenceau"s fuel depots were 1,200 mc (JP5) and 400 mc (AVGAS). "Foch" increased this amount up to 1,800 and 109 respectively. The Dassault Rafale was test flown from "Foch" after deck modifications in 1992 and operated from this carrier after further 1995-1996 deck modifications. Clemenceau-class aircraft carrier The "Clemenceau"-class aircraft carriers are a pair of aircraft carriers which served in the French Navy from 1961 until 2000. From 2000 until 2017 one served with the Brazilian Navy as . The "Clemenceau" class was France's first successful aircraft carrier design after World War
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Minister of India dedicated the carrier to the country. On 8 December 2015, Indian Defence-Ministry sources stated that the INS "Vikramaditya" would receive its first major overhaul in September 2016 as part of the "Make In India" initiative. The state-owned Cochin Shipyards and the Pipavav shipyards will overhaul the carrier once it is in dry dock. On 21–22 January 2016, "Vikramaditya" accompanied by INS "Mysore" made her first overseas port visit when the ship visited Colombo in Sri Lanka, making the first visit of an Indian warship to the city in 30 years, and the first by an aircraft carrier
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aircraft carriers, and and used in the COD (US-2A conversions), Maritime Patrol and ASW roles. They were extensively used in the 1982 Falklands War, first from "Veinticinco de Mayo", from where they detected the British Task Force and then from the mainland when the carrier returned to port after the sinking of the cruiser . In the 1990s, six remaining airframes were refurbished by Israel Aerospace Industries with turboprop engines as S-2T Turbo Trackers. As of 2010, with the retirement of Argentina's only aircraft carrier, the Trackers are annually deployed on board Brazilian Navy aircraft carrier during joint exercises ARAEX
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was also offered to the Indian Navy in 1999, but was not purchased. Sukhoi S-54 The Sukhoi S-54 was a series of three closely related aircraft proposals; the S-54 trainer aircraft, S-55 light fighter designed for export, and the S-56 carrier-capable light fighter. All members of the family resemble the Sukhoi Su-27 in general form, or the Sukhoi Su-33 more closely, but built around a single example of the Saturn AL-31 engine instead of two, and scaled down accordingly to a smaller layout. The design was offered to several potential customers, including South Africa and India, but was turned down.
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as the first-line Combat Cargo units, and did yeoman work as freight haulers with the 60th Troop Carrier Wing, the 317th Troop Carrier Wing and the 465th Troop Carrier Wing in Europe, based first in Germany and then in France with roughly 150 aircraft operating anywhere from Greenland to India. A similar number of aircraft served in the Pacific and the Far East. In 1958, the 317th absorbed the 465th, and transitioned to the C-130s, but the units of the former 60th Troop Carrier Wing, the 10th, 11th and 12th Troop Carrier Squadrons, continued to fly C-119s until 1962, the
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Submarine aircraft carrier A submarine aircraft carrier is a submarine equipped with aircraft for observation or attack missions. These submarines saw their most extensive use during World War II, although their operational significance remained rather small. The most famous of them were the Japanese s and the , although small numbers of similar craft were built for other nations' navies as well. Most operational submarine aircraft carriers, with the exception of the "I-400" and AM classes, used their aircraft for reconnaissance and observation. This is in contrast to the typical surface aircraft carrier, whose main function is serving as a
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Yakovlev Yak-38 The Yakovlev Yak-38 (; NATO reporting name: "Forger") was the Soviet Naval Aviation's only operational VTOL strike fighter aircraft in addition to being its first operational carrier-based fixed-wing aircraft. It was developed specifically for, and served almost exclusively on, the s. Designed by the A.S. Yakovlev Design Bureau JSC, the first drawings showed a supersonic aircraft strongly resembling the Hawker P.1154 in study in the United Kingdom, but with two R27-300 engines. Supersonic performances would have implied many difficulties of development, and it was decided to initially develop a relatively simple aircraft limited to Mach 0.95. Although the
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USS Dwight D. Eisenhower USS "Dwight D. Eisenhower" (CVN-69) (known informally as ""Ike"") is a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier currently in service with the United States Navy. Commissioned in 1977, the ship is the second of the ten s currently in service, and is the first ship named after the 34th President of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower. The vessel was initially named simply as USS "Eisenhower", much like the lead ship of the class, , but the name was changed to its present form on 25 May 1970. The carrier, like all others of her class, was constructed at
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Prior to returning home, President George W. Bush made his historic landing on the deck of USS "Abraham Lincoln" in a S-3 piloted by CVW-14's own VS-35 Blue Wolves. This marked the first time a sitting President landed on a carrier in a fixed-wing aircraft and the first time a United States Navy aircraft radio callsign was changed to Navy One. CVW-14 returned home 6 May 2003 after nearly 10 months on deployment, the longest for a carrier in three decades. Only one month after returning, CVW-14 transferred to USS "John C. Stennis", and on 26 October 2003 returned to
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Air India Air India is the flag carrier airline of India headquartered at New Delhi. It is owned by Air India Limited, a government-owned enterprise, and operates a fleet of Airbus and Boeing aircraft serving 94 domestic and international destinations. The airline has its hub at Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, alongside several focus cities across India. Air India is the largest international carrier out of India with an 18.6% market share. Over 60 international destinations are served by Air India across four continents. Additionally, the carrier is the third largest domestic airline in India in terms of passengers
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for pilots from the Fleet Replacement Squadron (FRS). Also, Electronic Attack Squadron 129 (VAQ-129) was also training instructor pilots to aid in the transition from EA-6B Prowler to EA-18G Growler. This marks the first landing of VAQ 129's Growlers aboard an aircraft carrier ("pictured"). On 26 March 2009, Carrier Strike Group Seven returned to Naval Air Station North Island following the completion of its sustainment exercise (SUSTAINEX). The aircraft carrier "Ronald Reagan" completed SUSTAINEX along with embarked Carrier Air Wing Fourteen; the guided-missile cruiser ; the guided-missile destroyers and ; and the guided-missile frigate . SUSTAINEX is the last coordinated
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the Navy announced the ship would be demobilised and subsequently decommissioned, citing the uneconomical cost of further repairs. The Brazilian Navy formally decommissioned the aircraft carrier NAe "São Paulo" on 22 November 2018. "São Paulo"s complement is 1,920 (the ship's company is 64 officers and 1274 sailors, with an additional 582 in the air group). Brazilian aircraft carrier São Paulo (A12) NAe São Paulo was a in service with the Brazilian Navy. "São Paulo" was first commissioned in 1963 by the French Navy as and was transferred in 2000 to Brazil, where she became the new flagship of the Brazilian
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related to T-10K. Negotiations stagnated as the Shenyang Aircraft company sought to reduce Russian content in the aircraft, while Sukhoi wanted to ensure a level of income from future upgrades and modifications made to the J-11. India was also viewed as another potential operator of the Su-33. The Indian Navy planned to acquire the Su-33 for its aircraft carrier, , the refurbished Soviet , which was sold to India in 2004. In the end, the rival MiG-29K was opted for, because of the Su-33's outdated avionics. The size of the Su-33 reportedly led to concerns over potential difficulties in operating
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the commencement and timeline of construction for the carrier. Technical difficulties, the cost of refitting the Russian-built carrier INS Vikramaditya, and billions in cost overruns delayed plans for the first of the vessels to enter service, with completion projected for 2023. In 1989 India announced a plan to replace its ageing British-built aircraft carriers, and , with two new 28,000 ton "Air Defence Ships" (ADS) that would operate the BAe Sea Harrier aircraft. The first vessel was to replace "Vikrant", which was set to decommission in early 1997. Construction of the ADS was to start at the Cochin Shipyard (CSL)
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aircraft of all types. "Vikrant"s flight decks were designed to handle aircraft up to , but remained the heaviest landing weight of an aircraft. Larger lifts were installed. The ship was equipped with one LW-05 air-search radar, one ZW-06 surface-search radar, one LW-10 tactical radar and one Type 963 aircraft landing radar with other communication systems. The Indian Navy's first aircraft carrier was commissioned as INS "Vikrant" on 4 March 1961 in Belfast by Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, the Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom . The name "Vikrant" was derived from the Sanskrit word "vikrānta" meaning "stepping beyond", "courageous"
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MiG-29K entered operational service with India in February 2010. Further deliveries of five MiG-29Ks and a flight simulator took place in May 2011. Further deliveries are to continue through 2012. The fighters were based at in Goa on India's west coast until joined the navy under the name of in last quarter of 2013. "Vikramaditya" was expected to carry up to 24 MiG-29K/KUB fighters. The future indigenous aircraft carrier , being built by India, is also likely to carry these aircraft. Further MiG-29K orders by India were frozen after a MiG-29KUB crashed during testing in Russia prior to delivery to
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development of a new carrier class—the s (formerly designated CVN-X, or the X Carrier)—to replace the existing s. The new "Ford"-class carriers are designed to be modular and are easily adaptable as technology and equipment needed on board changes. Carrier battle group A carrier battle group (CVBG) consists of an aircraft carrier (designated CV) and its large number of escorts, together defining the group. The first naval task forces built around carriers appeared just prior to and during World War II. The Imperial Japanese Navy, IJN, was the first to assemble a large number of carriers into a single task
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INS Vishal INS "Vishal (Sanskrit: विशाल" "Vishal" "giant") (IAC-II) is the follow-on class of aircraft carrier currently in its design phase, which will be built by Cochin Shipyard Limited for the Indian Navy. It is intended to be the first supercarrier to be built in India. The proposed design of the second carrier-class will be a new design, featuring significant changes from (IAC-I), including an increase in displacement an EMALS CATOBAR system is also under consideration, and could be used to launch heavier aircraft. In April 2011, Admiral Nirmal Kumar Verma stated that construction of the second carrier was some
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from U.S. Task Force 58 carrier group, losing six aircraft with more damaged and five pilots killed, in return damaging at least one Hellcat and possibly downing a second. Data from Two aircraft survive today: Nakajima Ki-27 The was the main fighter aircraft used by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force up until 1940. Its Allied nickname was "Nate", although it was called "Abdul" in the "China Burma India" (CBI) theater by many post war sources; Allied Intelligence had reserved that name for the nonexistent Mitsubishi Navy Type 97 fighter, expected to be the successor to the Type 96 carrier-borne
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HMS Ark Royal (R09) HMS "Ark Royal" (R09) was an aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy and, when she was decommissioned in 1979, was the Royal Navy's last remaining conventional catapult and arrested-landing aircraft carrier. She was the first aircraft carrier to be equipped with angled flight deck at its commissioning; her sister ship, , was the Royal Navy's first angle-decked aircraft carrier after modification in 1954. "Ark Royal" was the only non-United States vessel to operate the McDonnell Douglas Phantom at sea. "Ark Royal" was the sister ship to , which was initially named HMS "Audacious", hence the name
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fields where IRGMs proliferate. The Su-25UTG (Uchebno-Trenirovochnyy s Gakom") is a variant of the Su-25UB designed to train pilots in takeoff and landing on a land-based simulated carrier deck, with a sloping ski-jump section and arrester wires. The first one flew in September 1988, and approximately 10 were produced. About half remained in Russian service after 1991; they were used on Russia's sole aircraft carrier, . This small number of aircraft were insufficient to meet the training needs of Russia's carrier air group, so a number of Su-25UBs were converted into Su-25UTGs. These aircraft being distinguished by the alternative designation
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destroyed two zeppelin airships. The development of flattop vessels produced the first large fleet ships. In 1918, became the world's first carrier capable of launching and recovering naval aircraft. As a result of the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922, which limited the construction of new heavy surface combat ships, most early aircraft carriers were conversions of ships that were laid down (or had served) as different ship types: cargo ships, cruisers, battlecruisers, or battleships. These conversions gave rise to the US s (1927), Japanese , and British . Specialist carrier evolution was well underway, with several navies ordering and building
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Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga The ship figured prominently in the development of the IJN's carrier striking force doctrine, which grouped carriers together to give greater mass and concentration to their air power. A revolutionary strategic concept at the time, the employment of the doctrine was crucial in enabling Japan to attain its initial strategic goals during the first six months of the Pacific War. "Kaga"s aircraft first supported Japanese troops in China during the Shanghai Incident of 1932 and participated in the Second Sino-Japanese War in the late 1930s. With other carriers, she took part in the Pearl Harbor raid
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Treaty limit of aircraft carrier tonnage. The abandonment of the arms limitation treaties system in 1937 allowed the US to begin building more carriers, and the first of this new carrier program was "Hornet", another of the class, commissioned in 1941. Improvements to the "Yorktown" design and freedom from the Washington Treaty limitations brought about the s. The "Yorktown"s carried a seldom-used catapult on the hangar deck. This catapult was subsequently eliminated from U.S. carriers as it was relatively useless in operation. The hangar-deck catapult was removed from "Enterprise" and "Hornet" in late June 1942. All three ships of the
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commercial traffic within an internationally recognized maritime traffic lane." On 29 December 2015, "Harry S. Truman" began launching strikes against the Islamic State group. By mid-April 2016, aircraft of Carrier Air Wing Seven operating from the carrier had dropped 1,118 pieces of ordnance in operations against the group, surpassing a record of 1,085 pieces that was set by aircraft assigned to in 2015. On 12 January 2016, an unarmed Iranian drone flew directly over "Harry S. Truman" in international waters and took "precise" photos, according to state television in the Islamic Republic. In the first half of 2016, "Harry S.
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Island, which he was sure would draw out the American carrier forces to battle. The Japanese codenamed the Midway invasion Operation "MI". On 25 May 1942, "Akagi" set out with the Combined Fleet's carrier striking force in the company of carriers "Kaga", , and , which constituted the First and Second Carrier Divisions, for the attack on Midway Island. Once again, Nagumo flew his flag on "Akagi". Because of damage and losses suffered during the Battle of the Coral Sea, the Fifth Carrier Division with carriers "Shōkaku" and "Zuikaku" was absent from the operation. "Akagi"s aircraft complement consisted of 24
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end of the Cold War has neither been confirmed nor denied by the U.S. government. As a result of this, the presence of a U.S. aircraft carrier in a foreign port has occasionally provoked protest from local people, for example when USS "Nimitz" docked in Chennai, India, in 2007. At that time, the Strike Group commander Rear Admiral John Terence Blake stated that: "The U.S. policy is that we do not routinely deploy nuclear weapons on board "Nimitz"." In May 2013, "George H.W. Bush" conducted the first carrier-borne end-to-end at-sea test of the Surface Ship Torpedo Defense System (SSTDS). The
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military continued air attacks between 8 and 11 April, and on 11 April the aircraft carrier "Enterprise" and the battleship "Missouri" were damaged by "kamikaze" aircraft, and the aircraft carrier "Essex" took hull damage below the waterline. Operation Kikusui II commenced on 12 April, and consisted of 354 Navy planes and 124 Army planes (of which 103 Navy planes and 72 Army planes were "kamikaze"s). Main achievements by the operation include hits on the aircraft carrier "Enterprise" and the battleship "Missouri". The human-operated flying bomb "Ohka" first appeared in Operation Kikusui II; this flying bomb was carried by bombers and
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and left Portsmouth under tow to the shipbreakers in Turkey on 7 December 2016. Two much larger s are being built, with the first, HMS "Queen Elizabeth", commissioned in late 2017. They displace around 70,600 tonnes each – more than three times the displacement of the "Invincible" class. Invincible-class aircraft carrier The "Invincible" class was a class of light aircraft carrier operated by the Royal Navy. Three ships were constructed, , and . The vessels were built as aviation-capable anti-submarine warfare (ASW) platforms to counter the Cold War North Atlantic Soviet submarine threat, and initially embarked Sea Harrier aircraft and
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of at . On 1 December 1931 "Kaga" was assigned as the flagship of the First Carrier Division under the command of Rear Admiral Takayoshi Katō. The First Carrier Division, along with "Hōshō", departed for Chinese waters on 29 January 1932 to support Imperial Japanese Army troops during the Shanghai Incident as part of the IJN's 3rd Fleet. The B1M3s carried by "Kaga" and "Hōshō" were the main bombers used during the brief combat over Shanghai. "Kaga"s aircraft, operating from both the carrier and a temporary base at Kunda Airfield in Shanghai, flew missions in support of Japanese ground forces
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time, it had been proposed to name the aircraft carrier "Richelieu", after Cardinal Richelieu, which was the name originally intended for "Charles de Gaulle". French aircraft carrier PA2 PA2 (, "Aircraft Carrier 2") was a planned aircraft carrier under development by Thales Naval France and DCNS for the French Navy. The design was based on the aircraft carriers developed for the Royal Navy. The project was cancelled in the 2013 French White Paper on Defence and National Security. The previous French carriers, and , were completed in 1961 and 1963 respectively. The requirement for a replacement was identified in the
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helicopter carrier was removed from the navy after being transferred for disarmament and scrapping. On 5 December the crew was disband and on 24 August 1995 she was towed from Sevastopol to India for scrapping. Soviet helicopter carrier Leningrad Leningrad was the second of two "Moskva" class helicopter carriers in service with the Soviet Navy. Laid down at Nikolayev South (Shipyard No.444), "Leningrad" was commissioned in late 1968. Preceded by "Moskva", there were no further vessels built, reportedly due to the poor handling of the ships in rough seas. She was conventionally powered. The "Moskva"s were not true "aircraft carriers"
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, which also serves as the flagship of the Marine Nationale. The Carrier Battle Group (Groupe Aéronaval, GAN, in French) of the Force d'Action Navale is usually composed, in addition to the aircraft carrier, of: This group is commanded by a rear admiral (contre-amiral, in French) on board the aircraft carrier. The commanding officer of the air group (usually a capitaine de frégate—equivalent to commander) is subordinate to the commanding officer of the aircraft carrier, a senior captain. The escort destroyers (called frigates in the French denomination) are commanded by more junior captains. France also operates three s. While incapable
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10's , DesDiv 17's , and , DesDiv 61's , , and , screening the aircraft carriers. The Battle of the Philippine Sea began on 19 June 1944. The "First Carrier Striking Force" attacked USN Task Force 58, but suffered overwhelming aircraft losses in what was latter nicknamed the "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot". "Yahagi" escaped the battle unharmed, and together with "Urakaze" rescued 570 crewmen from the carrier "Shōkaku" after it was torpedoed by . After dry dock and refitting at Kure Naval Arsenal from late June to early July 1944, "Yahagi" was fitted with two additional triple-mount Type 96
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The Brazilian carrier was equipped with S-2E Tracker aircraft, and helicopters of the ASH-3D Sea King, AS-355 Ecureuil, and A-332 Super Puma types: Brazilian law prevented the MB from operating fixed-wing aircraft, so two separate air groups had to be embarked. In 1999, the MB acquired A-4KU Skyhawks—the first time Brazilian naval aviators were permitted to operate fixed-wing aircraft until the carrier's 2001 decommissioning. "Minas Gerais" was replaced by NAe "São Paulo" (the former French carrier ). "Minas Gerais" was the last of the Second World War-era light aircraft carriers to leave service, and at the time of her decommissioning
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carrier (later escort aircraft carrier) USS "Suwannee" (ACV-27, later CVE-27). On the first day of the landings – 8 November 1942 – "Suwannee"s air group, including Gorkas aircraft, bombed Vichy French ships and shore installations in the Casablanca area of French Morocco, including the immobile but formidable battleship "Jean Bart" and the coast defense and shore batteries at Table d'Aukasha. On 10 November 1942, Gorka went on an attack mission against a French submarine. The French antiaircraft fire proved deadly accurate; Gorka's aircraft was shot down, and Gorka was killed. For his performance of duty with Escort Scouting Squadron 27
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Hyūga-class helicopter destroyer The is a class of helicopter carrier built for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). Two - "Hyūga" and "Ise" - were built; upon completion the class were the largest ships built for the Japanese navy since the Second World War. "Hyūga" was described in a PBS documentary as the "first Japanese aircraft carrier built since WWII." The "Hyūga"s were followed by the larger , the first being commissioned in March 2015. The "Izumo"s will replace the helicopter destroyers; the "Hyūga"s were originally meant to replace the "Shirane"s. The specifications of the "Hyūga" class are comparable to
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immediately after a landing. Two German-supplied Demag compressed air-driven catapults, each capable of launching one aircraft every 30 seconds, were installed parallel to each other at the forward end of the flight deck. These were originally intended for Germany's own "Carrier B", "Graf Zeppelin"′s incomplete—and eventually scrapped—sister ship. The Italians obtained them—along with five sets of arrester gear and other component plans—during a naval technical mission to Germany in October–November 1941.<ref name="Greene/Massignani114">Greene/Massignani, p. 114</ref> A set of rails led aft from the catapults to the elevators and into the hangars. For catapult-assisted launches, aircraft would be hoisted in the hangar
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addresses are used to provide a unique identity normally allocated to an individual aircraft or registration. As an example, following is the ICAO 24-bit address assigned to the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft with the registration N905NA: These are all the same 24-bit address of the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, represented in different numeral systems (see above). An issue with Mode S transponders arises, when pilots enter the wrong flight identity code into the Mode S transponder. In this case, the capabilities of ACAS II and Mode S SSR can be degraded. In 2009 the ICAO published an "extended" form of Mode S
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13 S-2E Trackers. The carrier was sent to the United States in 1977 to transport back 16 S-2G Tracker aircraft as replacements. Over the course of her career, over thirty aircraft were either lost or heavily damaged while operating from "Melbourne". The majority of the aircraft ditched or crashed over the side, but some losses were due to catapult or arrestor cable failures. After "Melbourne" was decommissioned, the Fleet Air Arm ceased fixed-wing combat aircraft operation in 1984, with the final Tracker flight saluting the decommissioned carrier. "Melbourne" was the third and final conventional aircraft carrier to operate with the
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Carrier Classic The Carrier Classic is a college basketball game that is played on the deck of a U. S. Navy aircraft carrier. The first game was held on November 11, 2011 aboard the USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70), between Michigan State and North Carolina. President Barack Obama attended this game. In 2012, the similar Armed Forces Classic was established. In June 2013, ESPN reported that there would not be a 2013 iteration of the Carrier Classic; no future games are planned. The inaugural Carrier Classic was played on Veterans Day, November 11, 2011. The North Carolina Tar Heels defeated the
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() for its position. The U.S. strike aircraft sighted "Shōhō" a short distance northeast of Misima Island at 10:40 and deployed to attack. The Japanese carrier was protected by six Zeros and two Mitsubishi A5M fighters flying combat air patrol (CAP), as the rest of the carrier's aircraft were being prepared below decks for a strike against the U.S. carriers. Gotō's cruisers surrounded the carrier in a diamond formation, off each of "Shōhō"s corners. Attacking first, "Lexington"s air group, led by Commander William B. Ault, hit "Shōhō" with two bombs and five torpedoes, causing severe damage. At 11:00, "Yorktown"s air
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wing component of the A-11 Minas Gerais aircraft carrier (the S-2 Trackers) were operated by the Brazilian Air Force. Naval aviation's roles now include support of the Brazilian aircraft carrier "São Paulo", fleet air defense, reconnaissance, transport of marine personnel, and anti-submarine warfare. It is also responsible for airborne operations of the Brazilian Marine Corps. In June 2013, Brazilian naval aviation personnel provided carrier training support to the Chinese Navy during the second round of flight tests on board the carrier "Liaoning". Since 2001, by Brazilian invitation, pilot qualification tests of the Argentine Navy's Dassault-Breguet Super Étendards and S-2T Turbo
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Carrier Strike Group 3 Carrier Strike Group 3 (CSG-3 or CARSTRKGRU 3) is a U.S. Navy carrier strike group. Carrier strike groups gain and maintain sea control as well as project naval airpower ashore. The aircraft carrier is the group's current flagship. Other units assigned include Carrier Air Wing Nine; the s and ; and the ships of Destroyer Squadron 21. Between 2005 and 2013, the group made five deployments to the U.S. Fifth Fleet supporting U.S. ground forces in Iraq, and Afghanistan. On 18 December 2011, strike group aircraft flew the final carrier-based air mission over Iraq, effectively ending
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Even the United States Navy, the last nation to regularly operate a dedicated fixed-wing carrier-based ASW aircraft, the S-3 Viking, on its mixed-role super carriers had already removed most ASW equipment in the 1990s from this aircraft and has now removed this type from service as of January 2009 without replacement. The Argentine Navy, currently without much hope of a replacement CATOBAR carrier of its own, trained several times a year landings and takeoffs of their S-2 Turbo Trackers aboard the until this carrier was also retired. Much easier to operate from small decks than fixed-wing aircraft were ASW helicopters,
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one support ship. The navy's new carrier battle group centered on "Vikramaditya" consists of the modern Kolkata class destroyers, Shivalik and Talwar-class frigates, Kamorta-class anti-submarine warfare corvettes and new tankers. INS Chakra II is expected to fill the sub-surface component. The CVS–ASW (Aircraft Carrier with Anti-Submarine Warfare) is Italy's first carrier. The battle group based in Taranto called COMFORAL is formed by the carrier "Giuseppe Garibaldi", two s, two support ships "Etna" and "Elettra", and three amphibious/support ships ("San Giusto", "San Marco" and "San Giorgio"). After 2010, the Italian battle group will be formed by the new carrier , 5–6
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campaign against ISIL in Iraq and Syria ("pictured"). On 15 February 2015, the French Navy's Task Force 473, led by the nuclear aircraft carrier "Charles de Gaulle", transited the Strait of Hormuz, joining Carrier Strike Group One in the Persian Gulf. Both carrier task groups began operating together ("pictured"), flying over 100 sorties per day. "Charles De Gaulle"s Super-Etendard and Rafale fighter jet aircraft flew 15 sorties per day while "Carl Vinson"s aircraft flies up to 25 combat sorties a day. The rest of the sorties flown were high-end training flights. On 27 March 2015, the USS "Sterret" took part
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Japanese seaplane carrier Mizuho "Mizuho" was built to a similar design as the seaplane carrier , but with slightly less powerful diesel engines instead of "Chitose"s turbines. She carried 24 seaplanes, and was equipped to carry twelve miniature submarines, although she could not carry full loads of both at one time. "Mizuho" participated in invasion support for much of her career; her first mission was with the Fourth Surprise Attack Force. On 1 March 1942, planes from "Mizuho" and "Chitose" damaged the American destroyer , which was later sunk by aircraft from the aircraft carrier and gunfire from the heavy
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Zeros and six D3As from the ship were lost during the two strikes, along with their aircrews, a total of 31 personnel. "Kaga"s bomber and torpedo crews claimed hits on the battleships , , , , , and . The ship's fighter pilots claimed to have shot down one US aircraft and destroyed 20 on the ground. Upon completion of the attack, the First and Fifth Carrier divisions, including "Kaga", returned immediately to Japan. In January 1942, together with the rest of the First and Fifth Carrier Division carriers and staging out of Truk (now Chuuk) in Micronesia, "Kaga" supported
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extremely successful as carriers and experience with the "Lexington" class convinced the Navy of the value of large carriers. They were the largest aircraft carriers in the USN until the s were completed beginning in 1945. The ships served in World War II, seeing action in many battles. Although was sunk in the first carrier battle in history (the Battle of the Coral Sea) in 1942, served throughout the war, despite being torpedoed twice, notably participating in the Battle of the Eastern Solomons in mid-1942 where her aircraft sank the Japanese light carrier . She supported Allied operations in the
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to medium-sized fleet carriers. China, France, India, Russia, and the UK each operate a single large/medium-size carrier, with capacity from 30 to 60 fighter jets. Italy operates two light fleet carriers and Spain operates one. Helicopter carriers are operated by Japan (4), France (3), Australia (2), Egypt (2), Brazil (1), South Korea (1), and Thailand (1). Future aircraft carriers are under construction or in planning by Brazil, China, India, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. A "fleet carrier" is intended to operate with the main fleet and usually provides an offensive capability. These are the largest carriers capable
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could be produced in India with the assistance from General Atomics. As of October 2017, The Trump administration has decided to give assistance to India by releasing the crucial Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) for the Indian Navy's future aircraft carrier INS Vishal, this decision came just ahead of US secretary of state Rex Tillerson's visit to India on 24 October 2017. On 3rd December 2018, Indian Navy Chief Sunil Lanba told media that the work on INS Vishal has moved ahead and the construction of the ship is expected to begin within 3 years. The decision regarding the carrier
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to CVGs and CVBG-5 became Carrier Air Group Six (CVG-6) (it was the second use of the CVG-6 designation, the first air group designated CVG-6 was a WWII air group which existed from March 1943 to October 1945). CVG-6 participated in three major NATO naval exercises, 1952's "Operation Grand Slam", 1952's "Operation Mainbrace" and 1957's Operation Strikeback ("pictured"). as well as making ten deployment to the Mediterranean Sea (see Table 4 below). VF-33 joined CVG-6 aboard "Midway" in 1954. The Group flew on board the Navy's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the recently commissioned , on 22 June 1962. CVG-6 participated
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Nakajima C3N The Nakajima C3N-1 (also designated Type 97 Carrier Reconnaissance Aircraft) was a prototype Japanese carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft of the 1930s. A single-engine monoplane with a fixed undercarriage, although only two examples were built, they were both used operationally, carrying out land-based reconnaissance missions during the Second Sino-Japanese War. In 1935, the Nakajima Aircraft Company submitted a design to meet an Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service requirement for a carrier based-reconnaissance aircraft. The design, designated Type S by Nakajima, had a great deal in common with the Nakajima B5N torpedo-bomber that was being developed in parallel. The Type S
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Army tanks in defense of the Navy base of Punta Indio. A great change came into effect when the Navy received its first aircraft carrier, , in 1959. At the time, her aircraft inventory included the F4U Corsair, SNJ-5Cs Texan and Grumman S2F-1 (S-2A) Trackers. The Navy also had F9F Panther and F9F Cougar jets but the carrier was not suitable for operating them, although they were embarked on the carrier during their delivery voyage from the United States to Argentina. The Cougar was the first jet to break the sound barrier in Argentina. These jets would be involved in
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VSS Enterprise VSS "Enterprise" (tail number: N339SS) was the first SpaceShipTwo (SS2) spaceplane, built by Scaled Composites for Virgin Galactic. As of 2004, it was planned to be the first of five commercial suborbital SS2 spacecraft planned by Virgin Galactic. It was also the first ship of the Scaled Composites Model 339 SpaceShipTwo class, based on upscaling the design of record-breaking SpaceShipOne. The VSS "Enterprise"'s name was an acknowledgement of the USS "Enterprise" from the "Star Trek" television series. The spaceplane also shared its name with NASA's prototype Space Shuttle orbiter, as well as the aircraft carrier USS "Enterprise". It
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to counter growing area-denial asymmetric threats that this type of vessel could provide. The German type 212 submarines have the capability to launch UAVs. Submarine aircraft carrier A submarine aircraft carrier is a submarine equipped with aircraft for observation or attack missions. These submarines saw their most extensive use during World War II, although their operational significance remained rather small. The most famous of them were the Japanese s and the , although small numbers of similar craft were built for other nations' navies as well. Most operational submarine aircraft carriers, with the exception of the "I-400" and AM classes,
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French aircraft carrier Arromanches (R95) Arromanches (R95) was an aircraft carrier of the French Navy, which served from 1946 to 1974. She was previously HMS "Colossus" (15) of the Royal Navy. She was the name-ship of the "Colossus" class of light carriers. She was commissioned in 1944, but did not see any action in World War II. She served with the British Pacific Fleet in 1945–46, as an aircraft transport and repatriation ship. In 1946, she was loaned to the French Navy, and renamed "Arromanches"; she was bought by the French in 1951. "Arromanches" participated in the First Indochina War
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HMS Ruler (D72) HMS "Ruler was a "Ruler"-class escort aircraft carrier of the British Royal Navy during World War II. She was built in the United States as the "Bogue"-class carrier St. Joseph" (AVG/CVE/ACV-50) for Lend-Lease to the United Kingdom. The name "St. Joseph" (making her the first United States Navy ship named for St. Joseph Bay, Florida) was assigned to MC hull 261, a converted C3-S-A1 cargo ship, on 23 August 1942. She was laid down on 25 March 1943 by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation of Tacoma, Washington. She was redesignated CVE-50 on 15 July, launched on 21 August
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effects of air turbulence over the flight deck from an island superstructure; problems the Germans were encountering in the construction of their own aircraft carrier, ; and recent accounts of the heavy damage inflicted by German dive bombers on the British carrier "Illustrious", graphically demonstrating the vulnerability of carriers operating in the Mediterranean. Then, on 21 June, three months after losing three heavy cruisers off Cape Matapan, a loss potentially preventable had the Italians possessed their own aircraft carrier, the "Regia Marina" and "Regia Aeronautica" finally agreed to proceed with "Roma"′s conversion. Work on converting "Roma" into an aircraft carrier
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Type 001A aircraft carrier The Type 001A aircraft carrier is a first generation Chinese aircraft carrier that was launched on 26 April 2017 for the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) of China. It is the country's second aircraft carrier after the completion of , and the first built domestically. The carrier was constructed by the China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation in Dalian, China. According to the state media service Xinhua, initial work on the vessel began in November 2013, and construction of its hull in a drydock began in March 2015. The Chinese government did not publicly confirm the ship's existence
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have to be repaired and modified before the carrier could be transferred to India. Vikram was in charge of the aircraft carrier, and he attempted to bribe him in order to convince him to say that the carrier is seaworthy. When Rustom attempted to notify the defence secretary in London, the secretary also attempted to bribe him and get the carrier to India. Vikram attempted to persuade him and Rustom then slapped him showing his power of his uniform. The next day it is shown that Rustom is proved not guilty by the jury and he walks free. Then it
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those when the carrier was laid down, launched, commissioned, decommissioned and disposed of. If the carrier was a conversion from another ship, then the first date listed is when she was taken in hand to be converted; however, if a carrier was subsequently redesignated, its history is followed until disposal. The first time a ship is named in the list, it is linked to the relevant page within Wikipedia; if the ship was renamed, the first instance of the new name is also linked. Additionally, key relevant historical dates are interspersed with the ship-related dates to provide context. For the
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will also benefit from Project Leap. The ISP's maximum offered speed will rise from 16 Mbit/s in 2016 to 50 Mbit/s when after the programme is implemented. On 14 June 2016, Airtel launched the Open Network initiative under Project Leap. The Open Network service allows users to view Airtel's mobile network coverage and signal strength across India, in addition to network site deployment status. This was first launched on a trial basis in December 2015, before its official launch in June 2016. In February 2016, Airtel deployed LTE Advanced carrier aggregation technology in Kerala. Carrier aggregation combines the capacities of
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January 1942. In the Indian Ocean raid of March–April 1942, aircraft from "Shōkaku", along with the rest of "Kido Butai", attacked Colombo, Ceylon on 5 April, sinking two ships in harbor and severely damaging support facilities. The task force also found and sank two Royal Navy heavy cruisers, ( and ), on the same day, as well as the aircraft carrier on 9 April off Batticaloa. The Fifth Carrier Division was then deployed to Truk to support Operation Mo (the planned capture of Port Moresby in New Guinea). During this operation, "Shōkaku"s aircraft helped sink the American aircraft carrier during
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Type 002 aircraft carrier The Type 002 aircraft carrier is a second generation Chinese aircraft carrier design. The Type 002 will be the first Chinese carrier to feature an integrated electric propulsion system. This will allow the operation of electromagnetic launch catapults similar to the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) used by the United States Navy. The Type 002 configuration would for the first time be catapult-assisted takeoff but arrested recovery (CATOBAR), while the first two carriers were short takeoff but arrested recovery carrier (STOBAR). Rear Admiral Yin Zhuo of the People's Liberation Army Navy said in 2013 that China's
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the Chengdu J-20. Type 001A aircraft carrier The Type 001A aircraft carrier is a first generation Chinese aircraft carrier that was launched on 26 April 2017 for the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) of China. It is the country's second aircraft carrier after the completion of , and the first built domestically. The carrier was constructed by the China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation in Dalian, China. According to the state media service Xinhua, initial work on the vessel began in November 2013, and construction of its hull in a drydock began in March 2015. The Chinese government did not publicly confirm
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later, starting at 1014, reports of multiple enemy raids caused the light carrier to launch all her available fighters. Over the next six hours, "Bataan"s fighters helped break up four major raids, disrupting the Japanese attacks. Only one enemy formation approached TG 58.1 and only one out of the 16 torpedo bombers got close enough to be shot down by antiaircraft fire from the screening ships. The light carrier also sent a TBM Avenger strike against Rota around mid-day to help suppress Japanese land-based aircraft. During the first day of the Battle of the Philippine Sea, "Bataan"s aircraft claimed 10
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Lockheed S-3 Viking The Lockheed S-3 Viking is a four-seat, twin-engine turbofan-powered jet aircraft that was used by the U.S. Navy primarily for anti-submarine warfare. In the late 1990s, the S-3B's mission focus shifted to surface warfare and aerial refueling. The Viking also provided electronic warfare and surface surveillance capabilities to the carrier battle group. A carrier-based, subsonic, all-weather, multi-mission aircraft with long range; it carried automated weapon systems, and was capable of extended missions with in-flight refueling. Because of the characteristic sound of the Viking's engines, it was nicknamed the "Hoover" after the vacuum cleaner brand. The S-3 was
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Sea. In August 1992, the squadron and the rest of Carrier Air Wing Seven switched aircraft carriers to , the Navy’s newest aircraft carrier. VF-143 deployed for USS "George Washington"s maiden cruise and then again for the carrier’s first Mediterranean Sea deployment in May 1994 where she took part in the 50th anniversary commemoration of the D-Day invasion and Operation Deny Flight. VF-143 returned to NAS Oceana in December 1994. VF-143 was awarded the 1994 Battle E, Safety S, Joseph C. Clifton and Golden Wrench awards. In January 1996, VF-143 departed on their second deployment in thirteen months, operating in
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in the war, and the Japanese concentration of fire on this one carrier assisted the escape of the others. The carriers′ only substantial armament—aside from their aircraft—was a single 5 in (127 mm) dual-purpose gun mounted on the stern, but the pursuing Japanese cruisers closed to within range of these guns. One of the guns caused critical damage to the burning Japanese heavy cruiser and a subsequent bomb dropped from one of the task force′s aircraft hit the heavy cruiser′s forward machinery room, leaving her dead in the water. Several "kamikaze" aircraft were shot down by carrier gunners, with only
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variant of the AJT currently on order by the Royal Saudi Air Force. The 22 aircraft are to be built in the UK by BAE. The Hawk 200 is a single-seat, lightweight multi-role combat aircraft for air defence, air-denial, anti-shipping, interdiction, close air support, and ground attack. The T-45 Goshawk is a carrier-capable aircraft developed from the Hawk 60 for the United States Navy for use in aircraft carrier training. The Advanced Hawk is a joint venture by BAE Systems and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, a single example of the aircraft was unveiled at the Aero India 2017 on 14 February
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of the s and Harrier GR7s announced in the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR). Carrier Strike is expected to be regenerated under the Ministry of Defence concept of Carrier Enabled Power Projection (CEPP) and the commissioning of two s, operating the F-35B Lightning II. CEPP mandates both "Queen Elizabeth"-class aircraft carriers to be maintained at very-high and high readiness, with one configured for Carrier Strike and the other as a Landing Platform Helicopter (LPH). The "routine operating model" will see both carriers rotate roles on a six-year cycle. Carrier Strike is directly commanded by Commander Carrier Strike Group
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a number of aircraft for operation from its INS "Vikramaditya" and the planned indigenous aircraft carrier. India evaluated the Russian Sukhoi Su-33, but chose the lighter Mikoyan MiG-29K as "Vikramaditya" was smaller and lacked an aircraft catapult. On 18 January 2010, it was reported that India and Russia were close to signing a deal for 29 MiG-29K fighters to operate from IAC-I. In addition, the navy signed a deal for six naval-variants of the HAL Tejas. In June 2012, "Flight Global" reported that the Indian Navy was considering the use of Rafale M (Naval variant) on these carriers.Hindustan Aeronautics have
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complement of Dassault Rafale M and E‑2C Hawkeye aircraft, EC725 Caracal and AS532 Cougar helicopters for combat search and rescue, as well as modern electronics and Aster missiles. She is a CATOBAR-type carrier that uses two 75 m C13‑3 steam catapults of a shorter version of the catapult system installed on the U.S. carriers, one catapult at the bow and one across the front of the landing area. 3 amphibious assault ships: , 21,500 tonne full deck amphibious assault ships with hospital and well deck. 1 STOBAR carrier: , 45,400 tonnes, modified "Kiev" class. The carrier was purchased by India
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