Military History

Post-Iranian Revolution, Pre-Desert Storm, did US carriers routinely operate in the Persian Gulf? I'm pretty certain the Enterprise launched the Helos in the Iranian hostage rescue attempt from within the gulf. I recall the carriers supporting Operation Preying Mantis operated outside. I suspect that the carriers mainly operated in the northern Arabian Sea during the shooting phases of the Iran-Iraq Tanker War? Can anyone point me to a reliable source(s)? Thanks as always

From Air Force Times [excerpt]

From Air Force Magazine, January 2012 [excerpt]

From Air Force Magazine, January 2012 [excerpt]

It's the 30th anniversary of the Falklands War next year - which means that we're going to be getting a lot of declassified files from the British government. There's already a major new work on General Belgrano due out written by the Major who was tasked to investigate the sinking - with a revelation that the British intercepted key Argentine messages.

Casual finding looking for data, site about the Spanish Civil War warships: http://www.kbismarck.com/mgl/spanishcivwar.htm

Vintage photos of Australian ships and navy stuff of Kookaburra2011: http://www.flickr.com/photos/41311545@N05/with/5004439760/ Very fine pictures and captions, indeed.

Curious page about British radar and sonars, it worth a viewing: http://www.wstg.co.uk/ivan's%20page.htm

OK, who hear remembers what happened 20 years ago yesterday? It of course had large impact on military history.

A curious site referenced in the AirForcesMonthly of this month, of strange organization and merchandising oriented: http://www.dassault-passion.fr http://www.thestore-dassault-aviation.com/art-de-vivre.html (I never would think the books are in this section ).

From Navy Times [excerpt]

A pair of special reports by Mer et Marine about the origin and development of the French SSBN and SSN (in French): http://www.meretmarine.com/article.cfm?id=104185 http://www.meretmarine.com/article.cfm?id=104193

Details of regiments and locations from 1945-1991

A series of illustrations of Soviet era warships, most probably taken from a mid 1980s book ... Kirov (Project 1144 Orlan) Slava (Project 1164 Atlant) Moskva (Project 1123 Kondor) Kiev (Project 1143 Krechyet)

From Navy Times [excerpt]

From Air Force Magazine [excerpt]

It's not only the Horn of Africa pirate crisis what remember us the importance of boarding parties also in modern times. Casually I was looking today this photos of the DE-1074 USS Harold E. Holt in the Mayaguez incident, and I think it's worth of sharing: http://www.navsource.org/archives/06/06021074.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayaguez_incident

From Air Force Magazine [excerpt]

I'm looking for authoritative sources on the composition of various US Navy carrier battle groups during the war in Vietnam. The carriers and their air wings are themselves generally easy enough to find, but I'm also looking for escort ships, support vessels, submarines, etc. Specifically for 1972, but if we can fill out the whole period, that'd be awesome. Thanks in advance.

Very interesting entries in the Wikipedia about Cold War interceptions and shootdowns finded by hazard when I was looking for other things. I think it can be perhaps inspirational for potential scenarios, or at least as historical reference of not widely knowed incidents: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unite..._and_shootdowns Also, I remember now a similar but shorter list on: http://www.acig.info/CMS/index.php?option=...3&Itemid=47