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USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) was a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship of the United States Navy commissioned on 15 August 1998. Like the previous five Wasp-class ships, Bonhomme Richard was designed to embark, deploy, and land elements of a Marine Corps landing force in amphibious assault operations by helicopter, landing craft, and amphibious vehicle, and, if needed, to act as a light ...
18 × Grumman TBF Avenger. USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) was the 14th of the 24 Essex -class aircraft carriers completed during or shortly after World War II for the United States Navy. She was the second US Navy ship to bear the name, the first one being named for John Paul Jones 's famous Revolutionary War frigate by the same name.
During a USN "Fast Rope" training exercise, a Boeing-Vertol CH-46D Sea Knight, BuNo 154790, [267] [268] c/n 2397, [60] helicopter of HMM-166 departs the USS Bonhomme Richard and approaches the fantail landing pad of the USNS Pecos, cruising ≈15 miles (24 km) WSW of Point Loma, California at 1316 hrs. The port rear landing gear leg of the ...
FILE - In this July 13, 2020, file photo, a helicopter drops water on the burning USS Bonhomme Richard in San Diego. The U.S. Navy said Thursday, July 29, 2021, that charges have been filed ...
The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey is an American military tiltrotor aircraft whose history of accidents have provoked concerns about its safety. The aircraft was developed by Bell Helicopter and Boeing Helicopters, which build and support the aircraft. As of November 2023, 16 V-22 Ospreys have been damaged beyond repair in accidents that have killed ...
The 1964 United Air Force Kamikusayanagi F-8 Crusader crash was an aviation accident on September 8, 1964, involving a Vought F-8 Crusader from the U.S. Navy's Bon Homme Richard. The aircraft stalled shortly after takeoff from Atsugi Base due to engine failure and crashed into Kamikusayagi, Yamato , Kanagawa Prefecture , destroying the Tateno ...
USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31), was an Essex -class aircraft carrier that saw action at the end of World War II, throughout the Korean War, and through the Vietnam War. USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6), was a Wasp -class amphibious assault ship that was severely damaged by fire in July 2020, and decommissioned in April 2021.
The ferry MV Sewol sank on the morning of April 16, 2014, en route from Incheon towards Jeju in South Korea. [ 14 ] The 6,825-ton vessel sent a distress signal from about 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi; 1.5 nmi) north of Byeongpungdo at 08:58 KST (23:58 UTC, April 15, 2014). [ 15 ] Out of 476 passengers and crew, 304 died in the disaster, including ...