View Single Post
  #1  
Old 01-12-2018, 09:02 AM
Boats's Avatar
Boats Boats is offline
Senior Member
 

Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Sauk Village, IL
Posts: 21,784
Arrow US Navy carrier is about to get French treatment

US Navy carrier is about to get French treatment
By: Nicole Bauke   1 hour ago 1-12-18
RE: https://www.militarytimes.com/news/2...nch-treatment/

French Rafale Fighters to deploy on U.S. aircraft carrier this spring.

(Personal Note by Boats: I wonder if this is because of the pilot shortages reported earlier?)

Croissants, espresso and dark chocolate are among the things 350 French sailors and naval aviators may miss when they deploy with a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier this spring.

From April to May, French aircrews will work aboard the George H.W. Bush, according to USNI News, while their own carrier, the FS Charles de Gaulle, completes a mandatory maintenance period. The deployment has the additional goal of international cooperation and building trust among navies.

“Today we are 95 percent interoperable,” Capt. Jean-Emmanuel Roux de Luze, French Naval Attaché to the U.S., told USNI News. “We want to demonstrate our ability to integrate with U.S. military services.”

It’s a political move more than a militaristic one.

Militarily, the U.S. Navy remains technologically superior. But politically, international missions may benefit from joint operations.

“Due to its size and power, the U.S. Navy does not really need us and not really need help of other navies,” Rouz de Luze told USNI. “The French Navy, we know in the future we will work with other navies, so you need to know how to operate with other navies,”

The French aviators may have some difficulty adjusting, though — the carrier Bush doesn’t feature a single bar for its sailors, let alone four.
__________________
Boats

O Almighty Lord God, who neither slumberest nor sleepest; Protect and assist, we beseech thee, all those who at home or abroad, by land, by sea, or in the air, are serving this country, that they, being armed with thy defence, may be preserved evermore in all perils; and being filled with wisdom and girded with strength, may do their duty to thy honour and glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

"IN GOD WE TRUST"
sendpm.gif Reply With Quote
Sponsored Links