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Navy Pilot recalls his carrier detecting 2 Soviet Tu-95s because crews were sloppy with radio (Bears were intercepted by F-4s at 250 miles from battle group)

Aircraft Carriers / Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

Navy Pilot recalls his carrier detecting 2 Tu-95s because crews were sloppy with radio (Bears were intercepted by F-4s at 250 miles from battle group)

Dario Leone

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USS Stennis Electrician’s Mate Nuclear on what powers carrier if nuclear reactors have to be shut down

Aircraft Carriers / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation / Naval Warfare

USS Stennis Electrician’s Mate Nuclear on what powers carrier if reactors have to be shut down

Dario Leone

Tactical Action Officer on a US Navy aircraft carrier tells how long it takes to a Nimitz Class aircraft carrier to go to flank speed

Aircraft Carriers / Military Aviation / Naval Warfare

Navy carrier Tactical Action Officer on how long it takes to Nimitz Class aircraft carrier to go to flank speed

Dario Leone

This is what an aircraft carrier fantail opening is used for

Aircraft Carriers / Military Aviation / Naval Warfare

The aircraft carrier fantail opening: Here’s what it is used for

Dario Leone

The story of the A-12CB, the Oxcart Carrier Based Mach 3 Spy Plane that never was

Aircraft Carriers / Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

The A-12CB, the Blackbird Carrier Based Mach 3 Spy Plane that never was

Dario Leone

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The USS Oriskany fire, the first of three aircraft carrier fires that occurred during the Vietnam War

Aircraft Carriers / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

The USS Oriskany fire, the first of three aircraft carrier fires that occurred during the Vietnam War

Dario Leone

Former Naval Aviator explains why Green Shirts show pilots the gross weight of their aircraft on the catapult before every launch

Aircraft Carriers / Military Aviation

Naval Aviator tells why Green Shirts show pilots gross weight of their aircraft on the catapult before every launch

Dario Leone

US Navy Hawkeye NFO tells why the E-2 is the first aircraft to be launched from carriers (Not because it’s the long-range eyes of the carrier group)

Aircraft Carriers / Military Aviation

Hawkeye NFO tells why E-2 is first aircraft to be launched from carriers (Not because it’s the long-range eyes of the carrier group)

Dario Leone

Navy A-7E pilot tells why he had to keep his hands off the stick during cat launch in the Corsair II

Aircraft Carriers / Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

Navy A-7E pilot tells why he had to keep his hands off the stick during cat launch in the Corsair II

Dario Leone

The story of the legend of Tony Scott paying to turn USS Enterprise and shoot F-14s back-lit by the sun in Top Gun movie

Aircraft Carriers / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation

The story of the legend of Tony Scott paying to turn USS Enterprise and shoot F-14s back-lit by the sun in Top Gun movie

Dario Leone

Naval Aviator explains why the US Navy should have 13.5 to 15 aircraft carriers instead 11

Aircraft Carriers / Military Aviation / Naval Warfare

Naval Aviator tells why the Navy should have 13.5 to 15 aircraft carriers instead 11

Dario Leone

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

Aircraft Carriers / Military Aviation / Naval Warfare

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

Dario Leone

US Navy F/A-18 pilot recalls launching on Alert 5 to intercept an Iranian patrol aircraft that ended up being a C-2 COD

Aircraft Carriers / Military Aviation

US Navy NFO tells why “Little boys want to be fighter pilots, fighter pilots would rather be C-2A Greyhound COD pilots”

Dario Leone

The B-52 Bomber that did a fly-by below the flight deck of USS Ranger Aircraft Carrier

Aircraft Carriers / Military Aviation

The B-52 Bomber that did a fly-by below the flight deck of USS Ranger Aircraft Carrier

Dario Leone

‘I saw a ramp strike and is indelibly written into my mind.’ EA-18G pilot on why catching a 1-wire is so dangerous during carrier landing

Aircraft Carriers / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

‘I saw a ramp strike and is indelibly written into my mind.’ EA-18G pilot on why catching a 1-wire is so dangerous during carrier landing

Dario Leone

Naval Aviator explains why the US Navy should have 13.5 to 15 aircraft carriers instead 11

Aircraft Carriers / Losses and Aviation Safety / Naval Warfare

USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier suffers Fire

Dario Leone

USAF pilot trying a carrier landing in a US Navy F-18 sim recalls “flaring” a few feet above the deck. He had to do a go around because he screwed up the approach.

Aircraft Carriers / Military Aviation

USAF pilot trying a carrier landing in a US Navy F-18 sim recalls “flaring” a few feet above the deck. He had to do a go around because he screwed up the approach.

Dario Leone

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