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...Chinese respond to reports that the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk may be sent to the region...
Scott Waddle's future will not be determined in a courtroom. According to Pentagon reports, Pacific Fleet commander-in-chief Admiral Thomas Fargo has recommended that Waddle, the beleaguered captain of the ill-fated USS Greeneville, not face a court-martial...
TIME.com: Now that the 24 detained U.S. personnel have returned from Hainan, the Navy faces the question of when to relaunch surveillance missions. There have been reports that the USS Kitty Hawk, currently sailing for Guam, could be deployed in the South China Sea to provide fighter escorts for EP-3s. How likely is the Navy to send up fighters...
...these parts before. In 1983, to the north, a Soviet fighter downed a Korean airliner that strayed into Soviet airspace, killing all 269 aboard. And Saturday's mid-air collision occurred just outside the Gulf of Tonkin, where in 1964 President Johnson used a skirmish involving the USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy as a pretext for launching air strikes against North Vietnam, beginning what came to be known as the Vietnam...
...Nebraskans are eager to continue civilian visits to their sub. On March 21, Johanns boarded the USS Nebraska at the Kings Bay, Ga., Naval Submarine Base, along with 10 other prominent Cornhuskers: the presidents of the Nebraska Cattlemen's Association and Omaha Chamber of Commerce, a radio personality, a handful of industry leaders, and the coach of the University of Nebraska women's volleyball team, who presented the crew with a volleyball signed by the players (who had just won the NCAA championship...