The sinking of the decommissioned USS Boone saw in action, for the first time, many offensive capabilities, like the Quicksink bomb and the SM-6 missile in the anti-ship role. On September 7, 2022, a ...

The Royal Navy and Royal Air Force used high-powered weaponry to sink decommissioned warship USS Boone in the north Atlantic. The exercise, named Atlantic Thunder, was the first of its type for the ...

The Royal Navy and RAF have teamed up with the US to destroy and sink a warship in the first exercise of its kind in 18 years. Type 23 frigate HMS Westminster, a Wildcat helicopter and three RAF ...

SINKEX exercises—during which decommissioned warships are sunk under fire—remain a way to provide training that cannot be replicated outside of armed conflict. During the September 2022 Atlantic ...

MAYPORT, Fla. – The USS Boone flew an American flag for the last time Thursday. The Navy ship was lined with hundreds of sailors in full dress uniform to send it off properly and celebrate the ...

Guided-missile frigates USS Boone (FFG 28) and USS Thach (FFG 43) arrived in Valparaiso, Chile to begin the Pacific Phase (PAC) of UNITAS 52, June 24. The frigates will participate in the Chilean ...

MAYPORT, Fla. – It's been a long six months for those with loved ones on board the USS Boone. For them, Wednesday couldn't come soon enough. Families packed the docks of Mayport on Wednesday morning ...

While underway operating independently to conduct training evolutions in support of ULTRA-S, Mayport-based guided-missile frigate USS Boone was sent an urgent retasking message to make best speed to ...

110622-N-NL541-056 PACIFIC OCEAN (June 22, 2011) Sailors load sonar buoys onto an SH-60B Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Anti-Submarine Helicopter Squadron Light (HSL) 44 aboard the guided-missile ...

The Royal Navy and RAF have teamed up with the US to destroy and sink a warship in the first exercise of its kind in 18 years. Type 23 frigate HMS Westminster, a Wildcat helicopter and three RAF ...