JS Kaga (DDH-184), an Izumo-class helicopter destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force. The vessel is undergoing modifications to operate F-35B stealth fighters, effectively becoming a light aircraft carrier.

This image was taken during the IPD26 (Indo-Pacific Deployment 2026) mission, which departed from the Kure naval base in Japan in June 2026.

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57) returned to Naval Station Norfolk June 16, concluding an 11-month deployment to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of operations.

 

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2026-06-17T18:35:00+01:00

HMSPWLS is now operating 12 F-35Bs, participating in NATO Exercise Ramstein Flag 2026 (June 8 to 19) conducted across more than 20 locations from Norway to Spain. Jets from the carrier conducted a hot-pit refuelling at Pirkkala Air Base, Finland, yesterday.

https://ac.nato.int/ramstein-flag/news/news/uk-carrier-group-joins-ramstein-flag-2026–strengthening-nato-air-and-maritime-integration- 

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2026-06-17T18:04:46+01:00

HMS Illustrious R06 being scrapped in February of 2017 in Turkey, you can see into the hangar and how narrow it was.

 

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2026-06-17T08:58:43+01:00

The Milky Way Galaxy appears in the sky over the flight deck of the Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) while underway in the Mediterranean Sea.

 

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2026-06-16T14:27:45+01:00

Royal Navy Type 45 destroyer HMS Dauntless (D33), pictured returning to Portsmouth Harbour after maintenance.The vessel is a Daring-class air-defence destroyer, HMS Queen Elizabeth also berthed alonhgside.

 

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2026-06-16T10:46:57+01:00

Patrol ship HMS Medway has completed a midwinter mercy mission to help prevent a viral outbreak on one of the world’s most remote islands.

https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news/2026/june/08/20260608-hms-medway-completes-midwinter-mercy-dash-to-worlds-remotest-island 

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2026-06-15T17:00:35+01:00

Past and present: The USS Arthur W. Radford DD-968 and USS Mahan DDG-72 photographed in 2002. The Spruances were the workhorses of the US Navy during the 1980s and 1990s, being replaced by the Burkes at the beginning of the century.

 

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2026-06-15T16:50:58+01:00