Indian Navy – India’s SU-30MKI aircraft are being adapted for a maritime role.

• Times of India: IAF’s SU-30MKI set for maritime role

US Navy – A US ship will make a port call visit to Vietnam, for the first time since the end of the Vietnam War.

• Associated Press: U.S. Navy Ship to Visit Vietnam in Nov.

Background – Bases – In the former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan, Russia has set up a military base – its first on foreign soil since the USSR imploded. The Kant airbase is also close to a US airbase established two years ago. How do the two co-exist?

• BBC: Military rivalry in Kyrgyzstan