1980s Carrier Flight Ops 

Thank you sir, your service is appreciated

Not Biden's!

Today's Navy is ready. Put your political ideologies aside and support our sailors.

@justinegorski2703 support the sailors marines coast guard

@@justinegorski2703 Sure bud seems like they're more focused on diversity than actual strength

Love that book, love that chapter

I vaguely remember that scene, IRL the Soviets said they would need at least 100 Tu-22Ms, (with some Tu-22Ms replaced by Tu-16s) to take out one carrier, and that's assuming a complete loss of all air assets, hence why they talked about bringing in Tu-16s. So a real air battle would've been even more epic than the book, but would've been very one sided

Reading Clancy’s older book, Red Rabbit. It’s very good.

Me too, Benidorm!!!

VF-202 out of Dallas. This had to have been taken in late 86 or early 87 as they switched over to F-14's in late 87

They didn’t stop using the f4s till 96 if I remember correctly. Awesome awesome aircraft. Really wish I could have joined in the golden era of naval aviation. It’s wild to see how much and how little changed at the same time.

F-4s were not used on the Nimitz in the early 80s according to my ex husband who was on it from 82 to 84.

The angle is in case you don't catch an arresting wire or it breaks during landing. I served on the Nimitz but I had friends from my "A" school on the America.

This is the Navy that brought to the world "Top Gun."

One over by the bridge, where the Hummers are usually spotted

Must have been a carrier qual. The A-6’s where from VA-42, NAS Oceana, Virginia Beach, Va. I was a plane captain there from 1972 to 1975. ADJ3

Given that its a VF-101 bird, high probability that it was a student at the controls, or possibly a pilot returning to the fleet after a desk job. Hopefully, they got better.

Don't forgot the COD at 11:39. We're still out here doing God's work.