Flugzeugträger

[Erich]

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30 January

BRAZIL
(Sole) aircraft carrier SAO PAULO in technical troubles … burst pipe leaks fuel into the sea … only one day before, steam leak slightly injured three sailors.
(rmks: 50-year old former French FOCH; incidents suggest she is gradually “ageing away”)

ITALY
Task Force with aircraft carrier CAVOUR now at Maputo (Mozambique).
(rmks: on 6-month deployment to the Gulf region and around Africa; largely financed by Italian industry)
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03 February

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RUSSIA
Aircraft carrier ADMIRAL KUZNETSOV completed replenishment operations off Malta, continues east for the Eastern Mediterranean (to join Russian MedSqn) … fighter pilots now “ready to resume more intensive flight training” … Su-33 on permanent alert to scramble from flight deck if need be.
(rmks: had been inactive for the better part of a week)
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