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WATCH: The Black Knights Flying and Fighting in Eye-Popping 4K HD!
VFA-154 Produced One of the Most Striking Cruise Videos Ever Made. Strike Fighter Squadron ONE FIVE FOUR (VFA-154) Black Knights departed for their 2020-2021 deployment aboard the Nimitz-class nuclear powered…
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WATCH: Operating Spads and Jets from Straight Decks aboard the Hanna
The USS Hancock was Operating Jets from a Straight Deck for the Last Time in this Video The Essex-class carrier USS Hancock (CVA-19) was launched on 24 January 1944 and…
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WATCH: A Day in WestPac Aboard the Mighty Oriskany
This 1971 Film Depicted a Mark 1, Mod 0 Day in the Tonkin Gulf When the Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Oriskany (CVA-34) hosted the Pacific Fleet Combat Camera Group to…
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Watch: The Tragic Forrestal Fire Analyzed and Hard Lessons Learned
The Ship Was Heavily Damaged and Air Wing 17 Was Decimated July 29th 1967 dawned like many others aboard the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal (CVA-59) on Yankee Station in the…
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USS Midway’s Last Phantom Flight: The End of an Era
USS Midway (CV-41) was the last US Navy aircraft carrier to operate the McDonnell Douglas F-4S Phantom II. On March 25th 1986 the Midway sent the Phantoms to the beach…
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When The Shadowhawks Zap A Radar Does It Make A Sound?
Enjoy This In-Depth Look At E/A-18G Growler Flight Operations Aboard the USS Ronald Reagan The Shadowhawks of Carrier Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron ONE FOUR ONE (VAQ-141) participated in two Western…
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From the PV-2 to the P-3 and now the P-8: The Globetrotting War Eagles Keep An Eye Out For Subs
Patrol Squadron SIXTEEN (VP-16 or PATRON 16) transitioned from the Lockheed P-3C Update IIIR Orion to the Boeing P-8A Poseidon in 2012. Since then the War Eagles have been flying…
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Watch “The Hawk” And Her Air Wing Kick Ass During Their 1972 WESTPAC
Carrier Air Wing ELEVEN (CVW-11) broke all the previous records for combat sorties flown and ordnance delivered during its sixth WESTPAC deployment aboard the carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63) from…
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The Bounty Hunters Make A Hollywood Quality Movie Of Their Latest WestPac Cruise
Strike Fighter Squadron 2 (VFA-2) Bounty Hunters (call sign Bullet) returned from their most recent Western Pacific (WestPac) deployment aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) with Carrier Air…
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