Aircraft Carriers III
- Thread starter Jeff Head
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I've never seen any photos or videos of a PLAN carrier conducting ammo on load or off load. Or a Vertical replenishment.
Sailors prepare for an ordnance offload on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in the Atlantic Ocean, June 30, 2026. Nimitz is underway in the U.S. 2nd Fleet area of responsibility as part of a scheduled homeport shift to Norfolk, Virginia. (U.S. Navy photos by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tehya Delgardio-Lawrence)
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) prepares to offload ordnance in the Atlantic Ocean, June 30, 2026. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Peter K. McHaddad)
Sailors secure cargo to a MH-60S Sea Hawk, attached to the “Indians” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 6, during an ordnance offload on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in the Atlantic Ocean, June 30, 2026. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Tanner Orth)
Sailors conduct an ordnance offload with Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE 13) from inside the hangar bay of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in the Atlantic Ocean, June 30, 2026. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Molly Guy)
Sailors conduct an ordnance offload with Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE 13) from inside the hangar bay of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in the Atlantic Ocean, June 30, 2026. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Molly Guy)
A MH-60S Sea Hawk, attached to the “Indians” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 6, transports ordnance off the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) during an ordnance offload in the Atlantic Ocean, June 30, 2026. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Alyssa J. Boling)
A MH-60S Sea Hawk, attached to the “Indians” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 6, transports ordnance off the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) during an ordnance offload in the Atlantic Ocean, June 30, 2026. . (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Alyssa J. Boling)
Sailors prepare for an ordnance offload on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in the Atlantic Ocean, June 30, 2026. Nimitz is underway in the U.S. 2nd Fleet area of responsibility as part of a scheduled homeport shift to Norfolk, Virginia. (U.S. Navy photos by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tehya Delgardio-Lawrence)
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) prepares to offload ordnance in the Atlantic Ocean, June 30, 2026. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Peter K. McHaddad)
Sailors secure cargo to a MH-60S Sea Hawk, attached to the “Indians” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 6, during an ordnance offload on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in the Atlantic Ocean, June 30, 2026. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Tanner Orth)
Sailors conduct an ordnance offload with Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE 13) from inside the hangar bay of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in the Atlantic Ocean, June 30, 2026. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Molly Guy)
Sailors conduct an ordnance offload with Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE 13) from inside the hangar bay of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in the Atlantic Ocean, June 30, 2026. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Molly Guy)
A MH-60S Sea Hawk, attached to the “Indians” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 6, transports ordnance off the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) during an ordnance offload in the Atlantic Ocean, June 30, 2026. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Alyssa J. Boling)
A MH-60S Sea Hawk, attached to the “Indians” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 6, transports ordnance off the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) during an ordnance offload in the Atlantic Ocean, June 30, 2026. . (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Alyssa J. Boling)