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From bolter to hook skip: former US Navy A-7 pilot explains why naval aviators advanced throttle to full power when they land on an aircraft carrier

Aircraft Carriers / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

From bolter to hook skip: former US Navy A-7 pilot explains why naval aviators advanced throttle to full power when they land on an aircraft carrier

Dario Leone

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Did you know that USS Franklin D. Roosevelt holds the record for the largest number of planes ever embarked on an aircraft carrier?

Aircraft Carriers / U.S. Navy

Did you know that USS Franklin D. Roosevelt holds the record for the largest number of planes ever embarked on an aircraft carrier?

Dario Leone

Aircraft Carriers / U.S. Navy

Here’s why a US Navy Nimitz-Class aircraft carrier would have no problem in defeating Russia’s Admiral Kuznetsov in a 1v1 fight

Dario Leone

That time a US Navy helicopter released three greased pigs on USS John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier flight deck

Aircraft Carriers / U.S. Navy

That time a US Navy helicopter released three greased pigs on USS John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier flight deck

Dario Leone

Did you know this is the Most Famous Ramp Strike in Movie History?

Aircraft Carriers / Aviation History / Losses and Aviation Safety

Did you know this is the Most Famous Ramp Strike in Movie History?

Dario Leone

[Video] Naval Aviators who saved E-2C Hawkeye in 2016 describe response to carrier landing cable break

Aircraft Carriers / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

Video features Naval Aviators who saved E-2C Hawkeye in 2016 describing response to carrier landing cable break

Dario Leone

EMALS, AAG complete 8,000 aircraft recoveries, launches on USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier

Aircraft Carriers / Military Aviation / U.S. Navy

EMALS, AAG complete 8,000 aircraft recoveries, launches on USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier

Dario Leone

Two weeks after Chinese Combat aircraft conducted a mock attack on USS Theodore Roosevelt, the flattop conducts dual carrier operations with USS Nimitz in the South China Sea

Aircraft Carriers / Military Aviation

Two weeks after Chinese Combat aircraft conducted a mock attack on USS Theodore Roosevelt, the flat-top conducts dual carrier operations with USS Nimitz in the South China Sea

Dario Leone

Meet UMK Varan, Russia’s Latest aircraft carrier concept featuring a high degree of automation and robotic systems

Aircraft Carriers

Meet UMK Varan, Russia’s Latest aircraft carrier concept featuring a high degree of automation and robotic systems

Dario Leone

Aircraft Carriers / U.S. Navy

“USS Ford EMALS failed after 181 launches. It was required to work for 4,166 launches before failure,” Pentagon tester says

Dario Leone

Initial Operational Capability for first USMC F-35C Squadron

Aircraft Carriers / Military Aviation

Initial Operational Capability for first USMC F-35C Squadron

Dario Leone

The story of the angled flight deck and the photos of this famous F-8 crash landing on USS Franklin D. Roosevelt

Aircraft Carriers / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

The story of the angled flight deck and the photos of this famous F-8 crash landing on USS Franklin D. Roosevelt

Dario Leone

Future Carrier Air Wings will have one Squadron of 16 F-35Cs and three F/A-18E/F squadrons totalling 28 Super Hornets

Aircraft Carriers / Military Aviation

Future Carrier Air Wings will have one Squadron of 16 F-35Cs and three F/A-18E/F squadrons totalling 28 Super Hornets

Dario Leone

E-2C Hawkeye struck parked Super Hornet’s training AIM-9X during bolter

Aircraft Carriers / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

E-2C Hawkeye struck parked Super Hornet’s training AIM-9X during bolter

Dario Leone

Here’s what happens when you land on the wrong aircraft carrier

Aircraft Carriers / Aviation Humor / Military Aviation

Here’s what happens when you land on the wrong aircraft carrier

Dario Leone

Here’s why the EA-6B Prowler had a "nuclear trefoil nose art”

Aircraft Carriers / Military Aviation / U.S. Navy

Here’s why the EA-6B Prowler had a “nuclear trefoil nose art”

Dario Leone

Former USS Ronald Reagan Yellow Shirt tells the story of when he was nearly killed by an F/A-18 that smashed on the flight deck after having inadvertently caught a wire during a wave-off

Aircraft Carriers / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

Former USS Ronald Reagan Yellow Shirt tells the story of when he was nearly killed by an F/A-18 that smashed on the flight deck after having inadvertently caught a wire during a wave-off

Dario Leone

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