Aircraft Carriers II (Closed to posting)
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What does that mean: "aircraft / helicopter operation position"?
HMS Astute
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Apologies if these awesome pics have been posted before.
GR-FORD!
Q-LIZZY!
GR-FORD!
Q-LIZZY!
Actually, they have...but it's been several pages ago for the Ford pics and I for one love to see them every so often until we get new ones.
Necessarily more deck of Nimitz is about one third larger. After the 11 september at the start of operations in Afghanistan one CV Kitty Hawk ? had been used as helicopter carrier.
Jura The idiot
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maybe somebody will handle this? or maybe even mine, related http://www.sinodefenceforum.com/world-armed-forces/aircraft-carriers-ii-316-3125.html#post300576
Jura The idiot
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How many "helicopter operation positions" on that carrier? (see also the question: http://www.sinodefenceforum.com/world-armed-forces/aircraft-carriers-ii-316-3125.html#post300594)
That would be an on deck tie-down, for light maintenance/preflight servicing, you should be able to launch or recover helicopters from these positions very rapidly as well a quick combat ops turnaround, so fuel would likely be available at several of these spots, maybe all????
HMS Astute
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On this day in 1945 The Japanese surrendered, marking the end of the Second World War. The Fleet Air Arm now consisted of 59 carriers, 3,700 aircraft and more than 72,000 officers and men. Of these carriers, 34 were operational in the Far East on VJ Day. Image: Flypast by RN carrier aircraft over HMS Duke of York.
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