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bd popeye

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navyreco said:
I wish the SEM could trap and launch from Nimtiz class...

Technically they could I am sure. If the french crew brought with them (by helicopter) a couple of these "slings" (or cables) onboard the US CVN. If it works with the French catapult (which is US made anyways) it would likely work on the US ones unless the shuttles are different
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It could. The shuttle is the same...all the USN needs is the slings.. and it would be great if the French crew came aboard CVN-75 to launch the aircfat.

This is a photo of a F-4 Phantom being launched with slings..back in the day....

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VF-111 "Sundowners" F-4B Phantom on the port bow catapult awaiting launch on board USS Coral Sea (CVA 43) circa 1970 in the Gulf of Tonkin.
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bd popeye said:
The RCOH on Washington should start in late 2016.

Roosevelt will get a new CSG that is based in the Pacific. the USN has numerous escorts as we all know.

Lets see where the USN carriers were stationed in 1984.

This is my best recollection. I cheated a little. I served the USN from 08.25.1971 until 08.31.1991.

Lexington AVT-16(training carrier)Pensacola FL
Midway CV-41 Yokosuka Japan
Coral Sea CV-43 Norfolk VA
Forrestal CV-59 Philadelphia PA(SLEP)
Saratoga CV-60 Mayport FL
Ranger CV-61 San Diego CA
Independence CV-62 Norfolk VA
Kitty Hawk CV-63 San Diego CA
Constellation CV-64 San Diego CA
Enterprise CVN-65 Alameda CA
America CV-66 Norfolk VA
John F Kennedy CV-67 Norfolk VA
Nimitz CVN-68 Norfolk VA
Dwight D Eisenhower CVN-69 Norfolk VA
Carl Vinson CVN-70 Almeda CA

Seven Atlantic fleet carriers. Plus one in SLEP and one for training..not deployable.

Six Pacific fleet carriers.
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Very good list !
 
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ARABIAN GULF (Jan. 15, 2014) Super Etendards assigned to the French aircraft carrier FS Charles de Gaulle (R 91) fly above the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Harry S. Truman, flagship for the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group, is conducting operations with units assigned to French Task Force 473 to enhance levels of cooperation and interoperability, enhance mutual maritime capabilities and promote long-term regional stability in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Karl Anderson/Released)
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navyreco said:
A (very) rare sight:

US Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet Launch from Charles de Gaulle CVN
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I noticed a ship "under the wing, on the right" with the silhouette of the Horizon class. Hey FORBIN, maybe that's Forbin (D-620)! :)
 
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Carrier Air Wing 5 assigned to CVN Washington was the first to to be equipped with 4 Super Hornet squadrons and Growlers.

Carrier Air Wing 9 assigned to Stennis will soon the second.

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New video on Kuznetsov group on YouTube:

[video=youtube;GY79Ggdf9yk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY79Ggdf9yk[/video]

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5th SU-33 is number 78 and Ka-27 number 51 is again on this cruise (also with 2011-2012 trip)

Funny backdrop in studio with a hell of an airgroup!
 
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bd popeye said:
In what sense don't steam cats "cut it"? I made seven deployments and never on any ship I served aboard did the catapult fail to do it job....Never.
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It is impractical to try to develop a steam cat for the curved surface of a ski ramp.
From their beginning in the '40's they were a vast improvement over the cats that went before.
 
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kwaigonegin said:
Conjecture at best. Even IF (emphasize IF) PLAN goes all EMALS do we even know for certain that EMALS can work from a ski ramp? not trying to beat a dead horse but I just don't see PLAN or even any Navy foer that matter trying to put a cat on a ski ramp. To me it's just really redundant in my opinion.

Even if they can get it to work on the ramp (which would require extremely complicated engineering on top of 'regular EMALS') it's just a lot of unnesary work because we know that at best this will be a one off ship (skip ramp/emals combo) being that I think we've all pretty much agreed that PLAN's 3rd or 4th carrier will most likely be a CATOBAR.
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EMALS is the name of the USN EM cat system that is designed to replace, but improve upon, the steam cats USN used for more than half a century. Designing an EM cat to fit the curved surface of a ski ramp allows you to shorten the cat substantially and so free deck space that would otherwise have to be cleared to allow launches to be permanently available for spotting aircraft. A small matter for the 100k flattops of USN but very useful for smaller aircraft carriers like Liaoning.
 
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