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No reason.. most carriers have some slogan or nick name.
CVN-71 is know as the Big Stick. The Kitty Hawk's slogan was Press On. And late in her career she was know as the Battlecat. The Nimitz slogan is Uncommon valor, a common virtue. The George Washington slogan is “Spirit of Freedom.” And her nickname is simply "GW". The Enterprise is know as the Big "E". Oh yea.. the Carl Vinson is also know as the "Chuckie V".
navyreco
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edit: good explanation on X47B:
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Simulator helps design Royal Navy future aircraft carriers' flight deck
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A look at the UK's carrier program. The first pilots start to train carrier ops with the US & French navies. Precise in service dates for the ships & planes as well as the exact numbers of planes are not yet clear but are to be made later in the year and probably the next SDSR in the middle of the decade, respectively. Hopefully, the situation will brighten up by then.
A decision on the AEW asset is also still outstanding, with the SeaKing 7s to be retired in a few years. AW101 Merlins are an option that is looked at, but others remain open as well. Fixed wing AEW would obviousl be a great performance enhancement for the air wing.
IN FOCUS: Royal Navy chief looks to the future with carrier, F-35 programmes
By: Craig Hoyle London - 03:28 26 Jan 2012
The Royal Navy and Fleet Air Arm entered a period of forced transformation 16 months ago, when the UK government approved major cuts to their equipment and personnel structures as part of its Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR). However, with a final tranche of about 300 staff cuts having been confirmed in mid-January, the head of the UK’s "senior service" is looking firmly to the future.
While the SDSR led to the removal of the UK’s carrier strike capability, via the early retirement of its BAE Systems Harrier GR7/9s, First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff Adm Sir Mark Stanhope believes the RN remains well positioned. Reductions that have been felt since late 2010 have driven a busy agenda, "but that hasn’t disturbed or changed the effect that the navy is having out there at sea or on land", he says.
The future shape of the lapsed carrier strike capability is already taking form, with major structures for the first of two 65,000 tonne Queen Elizabeth-class vessels now in assembly and deliveries looming for the UK’s first test examples of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF).
Due to be accepted during May, short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) aircraft BK-l and BK-2 will support the UK’s participation in US-led initial operational test and evaluation activities at Edwards AFB, California. Another should follow in 2014, with the US Marine Corps having agreed in principle to swap a C-model carrier variant for London’s originally intended third F-35B. This was requested after the UK swapped its interest to the largest version of the JSF, as part of the SDSR.
An in-service date for the F-35C will be defined as part of a Main Gate investment decision next year, although final numbers are not expected to be determined before the UK’s next defence review, planned for 2015.
The decision to jump from the STOVL version has prompted changes to the Queen Elizabeth design, with Stanhope now expecting second-of-class ship the Prince of Wales to gain an electromagnetic aircraft launch system/advanced arresting gear, for "cat and trap" operations.
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The first Fleet Air Arm pilot to benefit from the arrangement is just completing a combat deployment flying Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornets from the USS John Stennis, and others will follow.
"About four more [pilots] are about to enter the system, but this will increase to the teens over the next 10 years," Stanhope says. Some Royal Air Force personnel will also be trained for carrier operations under the arrangement, while one or two RN pilots are likely to begin flying soon with the French navy.
"It’s very easy to focus on pilots, but that’s not the core of the challenge we face," Stanhope says. Other skills to be learned include providing trained air traffic controllers, landing signal officers, deck crew and weapons-handling personnel, plus the engineers to support high-tempo operations at sea.
A new airborne early warning capability is also to be acquired for the future carriers, with the RN’s Westland Sea King 7s to be retired by March 2016.
Stanhope confirms that a capability gap could occur until the Prince of Wales becomes operational, and that although the service has studied equipping several AgustaWestland AW101 Merlins for the role, other options remain open. In the long term, the navy also has a "huge interest" in unmanned air vehicles and underwater equivalents, although its chief says “it’s just [a question of] moving forward at the right pace”. ...
A decision on the AEW asset is also still outstanding, with the SeaKing 7s to be retired in a few years. AW101 Merlins are an option that is looked at, but others remain open as well. Fixed wing AEW would obviousl be a great performance enhancement for the air wing.
IN FOCUS: Royal Navy chief looks to the future with carrier, F-35 programmes
By: Craig Hoyle London - 03:28 26 Jan 2012
The Royal Navy and Fleet Air Arm entered a period of forced transformation 16 months ago, when the UK government approved major cuts to their equipment and personnel structures as part of its Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR). However, with a final tranche of about 300 staff cuts having been confirmed in mid-January, the head of the UK’s "senior service" is looking firmly to the future.
While the SDSR led to the removal of the UK’s carrier strike capability, via the early retirement of its BAE Systems Harrier GR7/9s, First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff Adm Sir Mark Stanhope believes the RN remains well positioned. Reductions that have been felt since late 2010 have driven a busy agenda, "but that hasn’t disturbed or changed the effect that the navy is having out there at sea or on land", he says.
The future shape of the lapsed carrier strike capability is already taking form, with major structures for the first of two 65,000 tonne Queen Elizabeth-class vessels now in assembly and deliveries looming for the UK’s first test examples of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF).
Due to be accepted during May, short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) aircraft BK-l and BK-2 will support the UK’s participation in US-led initial operational test and evaluation activities at Edwards AFB, California. Another should follow in 2014, with the US Marine Corps having agreed in principle to swap a C-model carrier variant for London’s originally intended third F-35B. This was requested after the UK swapped its interest to the largest version of the JSF, as part of the SDSR.
An in-service date for the F-35C will be defined as part of a Main Gate investment decision next year, although final numbers are not expected to be determined before the UK’s next defence review, planned for 2015.
The decision to jump from the STOVL version has prompted changes to the Queen Elizabeth design, with Stanhope now expecting second-of-class ship the Prince of Wales to gain an electromagnetic aircraft launch system/advanced arresting gear, for "cat and trap" operations.
[...]
The first Fleet Air Arm pilot to benefit from the arrangement is just completing a combat deployment flying Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornets from the USS John Stennis, and others will follow.
"About four more [pilots] are about to enter the system, but this will increase to the teens over the next 10 years," Stanhope says. Some Royal Air Force personnel will also be trained for carrier operations under the arrangement, while one or two RN pilots are likely to begin flying soon with the French navy.
"It’s very easy to focus on pilots, but that’s not the core of the challenge we face," Stanhope says. Other skills to be learned include providing trained air traffic controllers, landing signal officers, deck crew and weapons-handling personnel, plus the engineers to support high-tempo operations at sea.
A new airborne early warning capability is also to be acquired for the future carriers, with the RN’s Westland Sea King 7s to be retired by March 2016.
Stanhope confirms that a capability gap could occur until the Prince of Wales becomes operational, and that although the service has studied equipping several AgustaWestland AW101 Merlins for the role, other options remain open. In the long term, the navy also has a "huge interest" in unmanned air vehicles and underwater equivalents, although its chief says “it’s just [a question of] moving forward at the right pace”. ...
navyreco
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Popeye: Question 
"Sailors from the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) moor the French navy amphibious assault ship FS Mistral "
Why is it sailors from a ship doing this shop? Are there no US Navy/Military personnel working as dedicated "Dockers" for port duty ?
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[video=youtube;amp23FnAWH4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amp23FnAWH4&feature=player_embedded[/video]
You can see both LCAC and LCAT (called EDA-R in french service) operating from Mistral and landing amphibious troops in this video
"Sailors from the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) moor the French navy amphibious assault ship FS Mistral "
Why is it sailors from a ship doing this shop? Are there no US Navy/Military personnel working as dedicated "Dockers" for port duty ?
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[video=youtube;amp23FnAWH4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amp23FnAWH4&feature=player_embedded[/video]
You can see both LCAC and LCAT (called EDA-R in french service) operating from Mistral and landing amphibious troops in this video
US Sailors are trained to moor their own vessels...this could be part of training.Popeye: Question
"Sailors from the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) moor the French navy amphibious assault ship FS Mistral "
Why is it sailors from a ship doing this shop? Are there no US Navy/Military personnel working as dedicated "Dockers" for port duty
You can see both LCAC and LCAT (called EDA-R in french service) operating from Mistral and landing amphibious troops in this video
In addition, they are helping moor the French vessel, which their shi[p is sponsoring, so it could be training in that regard.
But US personnel will come into ports often where no trained dock workers work with their vessels and they will then be able to do so on their own. My guess is that the entire execise, where they are working with the Mistral explains why they are doing so.
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