Aircraft Carriers III
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Thats very kind of you...joined donkeys ago but actually forgot my login....stumbled across it the other day and thought I'd better contribute something..
I want to see the PLAN launch strike aircraft in a driving rainstorm. I do.
ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 28, 2018) An F-35C Lightning II from the Rough Raiders of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 125 launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham Lincoln is underway with Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 12 conducting Operational Test-1 (OT1) for the F-35C Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. (U.S. Navy photos by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Brian M. Wilbur/Released)
ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 30, 2018) Aircraft from the Freedom Fighters of Carrier Air Wing 7 fly in formation above the Nimitz-class aircraft carriers USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) and USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75); the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87) from Destroyer Squadron 2; the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98) and USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) from Destroyer Squadron 28; and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) while transiting the Atlantic Ocean. The USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and USS Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group are participating in dual-carrier sustainment and qualification operations in the Atlantic Ocean. In addition to demonstrating the Navy's inherent flexibility and scalability, this evolution provides the opportunity to conduct complex, multi-unit training to enhance maritime interoperability and combat readiness, and prepare the Navy to protect our homeland and preserve and promote peace anywhere around the world. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Brian M. Brooks/Released)
Heh! Heh! Heh!, yep, you've never flown until you get a good "pressure wash", water coming in the cracks, etc,,, I stay out of that stuff these days!
Jura The idiot
General
If this were two Super Hornets doing a mid-air bump and grind with such a small (sic)
amount of damage... you'd never know about it.
Jura The idiot
General
I expected downplaying a Class A mishap here, you didn't disappoint LOLIf this were two Super Hornets doing a mid-air bump and grind with such a small (sic)
If this were two Super Hornets doing a mid-air bump and grind with such a small (sic)
Actually a Super Bug eating a basket would also be a class A,, baskets don't go down easy, the real story is that F-135 ate the basket and kept on running, the driver was able to park that C on the boat, and NOT in the drink! and that my friends is good news,,, course when somebody breaks the hose, it's almost always the buyer, not the seller!
OUCH, DANG! can you imagine the racket that made, probably set up a smoke as well?? BANG, BANG, must NOT have been too much debris? or that would have been the sound of silence and a long swim back to the boat, wet feet and all!
Thanks AFB. Aboard one of the ships I was aboard there was a similar incident between a A-6 tanker and a ?? an't remember and I'm sure there was no press release..
Jura I don't like your implaction in your post, not at all. That's Ok.. think as you may.
Actually Jura there have been several class A mishaps over the years with zero loss of life + a flyable aircraft that the public has no knowledge of...and that's a fact.
Zero loss of life is the key...If there is an unfortunate fatality that should of course be reported to the media immediately..
Jura I don't like your implaction in your post, not at all. That's Ok.. think as you may.
Actually Jura there have been several class A mishaps over the years with zero loss of life + a flyable aircraft that the public has no knowledge of...and that's a fact.
Zero loss of life is the key...If there is an unfortunate fatality that should of course be reported to the media immediately..
All true Big Daddy, the F-35 Charlie is getting lots of press now, in fact "Top Gun" rolled the debut back to the summer of 2020, I KNOW they saw those Charlies operating off the Lincoln and said "whats dat?", when they got the whole scoop, Maverick is gonna be a Charlie jockey, they were gonna use the Super Bug, and bring the movie out next summer..
So the Charlie ate the plumbing and still ran, and that is very reassuring, I would love to have seen this whole show, now that would make a good "action flick". But as you say, NavAir trains to do it to it.. wouldn't surprise me a bit to find out the bird that ingested FOD was the bird flying off the carrier in that down pour, heavy weather always makes refueling a serious challenge, you don't have to be off by much, and its tough maintaining a close formation in good weather, but we shall see???