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The ship was laid down on 11 May 2006 and launched on 23 August 2007 by IHI Marine United and commissioned into military service on 18 March 2009. [3]On 5 September 2009, medical verification was conducted at the port of Yokohama using helicopters from local governments, police, fire departments, the Ground Self-Defense Force, and the Japan Coast Guard.
Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes, ASW Aircraft, RUM-139 VL-ASROC The Mark 54 lightweight torpedo (formerly known as lightweight hybrid torpedo , or LHT ) is a standard 12.75-inch (324 mm) anti-submarine warfare (ASW) torpedo used by the United States Navy .
The current VP-62 was established on 1 November 1970. It is the fourth U.S. Navy squadron to be designated VP-62, the first VP-62 having been disestablished on 1 July 1943, the second VP-62 having been redesignated Patrol Bombing Squadron 62 (VPB-62) on 1 October 1944 and the third VP-62 having been disestablished on 30 January 1950.
In September 2018, the United States Air Force (USAF) announced that the MH-139, an AW139 variant, was the winner of a competition to replace the Vietnam-era Bell UH-1Ns. The service will buy up to 84 MH-139s. [54] [55] On 19 December 2019, the USAF received the first MH-139A Grey Wolf at Eglin Air Force Base. [56] [57] Flight testing began in ...
The 139th Airlift Squadron (139 AS) is a unit of the New York Air National Guard 109th Airlift Wing Stationed at Stratton Air National Guard Base, Schenectady, New York. The 139th is equipped with the specialized ski-equipped LC-130H Hercules for polar operations.
In March 2024, the first field-ready MH-139 Grey Wolf arrived at Montana’s Malmstrom Air Force Base. [13] The 341st Missile Wing captured footage of Malmstrom's first Grey Wolf arriving at the base. [14] The 908th Airlift Wing introduced the MH-139A Grey Wolf Helicopter at Maxwell Air Force Base on 31 May 2024. [15]
As VP-5's inaugural P-8A Poseidon deployment, VP-5 executed over 20 detachments to countries and territories including Australia, Malaysia, Diego Garcia, Bangladesh, Guam, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and the Republic of Korea. In addition to the numerous detachments, VP-5 evacuated aircraft from the island two times to Guam and the ...
Manstein received the Swords of the Knight's Cross on 30 March 1944 [139] and handed over control of Army Group South to Model on 2 April during a meeting at Hitler's mountain retreat, the Berghof. Model's adjutant, Günther Reichhelm, later described the scene and Manstein's response: