Aircraft Carrier Flight Deck • Controlled Chaos 

j leander tucker thanks, good comment.

j leander tucker Thank you for your service sir. :)

sixtyeight Whiskey thank you for your support @(*o*)@

tripleheshy Thank you so much. To you as well.

I'm with vfa-97 now. taking care of the Stennis. thanks for everything!

Great comment. Yellow loves Shooters too.

Chris Parker Darth Vader

Gung Ho Vids Lol.

With due respect they look like aliens it's scary!! They do a great job.

Dave Sewell, I rigged your chutes at AIMD Whidbey from 85-90

Duke to go any place

Hey is it you making me crazy all the time!!! Lol Cody and Aaron come home

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What is the process to brcoming a plane captain? Thank you for your service.

best time I ever had with my clothes on back seater in F4's

Much Respect Brother 🇺🇸

​@@waterhead001 New guys in squadrons are usually assigned to the Line Division. Once you learn how to ride brakes, ensure aircraft cleanliness and security, and how to assist pilot with aircraft start and shut down, you will be a plane captain.

Love that hummer turning in the background

Turn the volume up. There plenty of music...

Amen!

It was! Now it’s a ghost ship.

Was the coffee still as good as ever? I, as a Nam Marine combat vet, loved Navy coffee whenever I could get a mug of it. I imagine enjoyed with sea air a hot mug of coffee could be close to exhilarating.

Miss it too.😂

+Gung Ho Vids agreed.

+Gung Ho Vids When those Hornets started taxing, I realized that they actually do sound like angry hornets

Yep! Like a fine tuned symphony. Agree, 1 of the most dangerous jobs on earth.

That's the props from an E-2C Hawkeye you're hearing. But it does sound like a swarm of pissed off hornets.

I was an AE Flight Deck Troubleshooter for an A6 Squadron during the Vietnam nastyness. The time I spent on the deck was exciting and surely helped with maturity. You have the lives of men in your hands with every move and they the same. I wouldn't have missed it for the world.

I was assigned to the Big E during June 77/May 78. I was on her when one of our F14'S ( I believe it was) accidentally bombed the USS Cree instead of its target ship. And wasn't the Ranger a training carrier for the fleet?

I was on the Big “E” during her last deployment in 2012, and was also part of her Decommissioning. This ship has history, and is now a Ghost Ship that scares the shit out of me.

Especially at night when you first walk up topside from the catwalk. Prop aircraft frighten me the most. Especially if you have to get close to the aircraft for “hookups” prior to launch.

ABF3 Purple Shirt USS Ticonderoga CVS 14 71-72

I'm pretty sure the Biden administration is working towards the tights. 😢

It's exciting for about the first 6 days trust me.😊

@@DaveL188 I had a friend on the Eisenhower as a red shirt, and he told me it was no fun.

When was you grandfather on th e Enterprise, I was on it June77 / May 78, If it was the same time period I might of known him.

@@josephwonderless1258 135 launch and recovery a day starting at 0700 ending at 2200 then maintenance all night it gets old fast, but when you work up there everything else seem boring.

My older brother was on Aircraft Carrier in Vietnam I was 10yrs old he was 18 when he went in the Navy

+Gung Ho Vids Ah, excuse my last comment I was assuming he was talking about the most used aircraft in the U.S Navy. I was not aware that he was talking about the USS Hornet so to speak. However despite what you may think this does not make me a dumbass simply a misunderstanding.

Robert Hodge OK

Read the comment! I said .y brother was on the Hornet, as in USS Hornet, it's a big ship, planes land on it, and yes the Hornet was in the Vietnam war

+last man standing I am not sure why you are bringing this up again, I apologised and realised my mistake. In all honesty I had no idea there was an aircraft carrier named the USS Hornet so I assumed you were talking about the aircraft. Once again I apologise for the misunderstanding.

I was there RM3 June 77,78. USS Enterprise. I got pictures of the planes landing and taking off the flight deck. That was some memories too.

The term is displacement of water.

Yellow moves aircraft. Blue assists yellow. Green does maintenance, either on aircraft or catapults and arresting gear. Purple fuels aircraft. Red is crash crew or ordinance loading. Brown cleans and secures aircraft and assists pilots. White is safety, medical or troubleshooting.

Thomas weighs about 320 now, he sells sunglasses on the boardwalk in Venice beach, is covered with amateur tattoos, is on parole and has new charges pending, and his boyfriend is half his age. You wouldn't recognize him, so better leave him in your memory the way he was.

Participated in a few FOD walk downs too!

haha. honestly it isn't easy at first, as you miss the adrenaline and noise and smell and the goddam thunder with every launch! I still feel a pang of loss when I watch these vids, partly because I miss the comraderie and the pride, but also because I am old now, and this is just a memory. So few will ever ge this awesome experience. I got lucky.

I did this job for 20 + years. There’s a point where you don’t have a choice to work a “regular” job. Some can stay in the aviation field and work government contractor as a GS position. Most, depending on disability ratings, will perform Office opportunities because that’s pretty much all they can do. Or, if they’ve been granted their 100% disability and decide to not ever work again, there’s that option. Regardless, WE ALL WISH THAT WE COULD GO BACK AND DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN. Memories is all we have now.

Thank you for your service Mr Bell. All 9 of the Cold War Carriers were 1000ft+ with the noticeable difference of the Enterprise being over 1100ft. The were all behomoths. Sadly all decom'd. Forestall, Saratoga, Ranger, Independence, Constellation, are scrapped---America sunk as a test target---Kitty Hawk laid up in Bremerton---Kennedy laid up in Philadelphia & Enterprise is being dismantled in Newport News. Leon J Guisburg AMS3 United States Navy 1975 1979

+Kerry Ward Because you have the need for speed.

TRUE, VERY TRUE ! the struggle is real ! lol

Kerry Ward i hear you mate! I'm the same😂

They should have Metallica pumping really loud for this kind of filming. Heavy metel for heavy metal

Coz your a wanker,try a flat spin+crash landing "Anlandugen Sie GehenVeg Von lst Gute Landun" gfy

I started on 43 and finished on 65.

I love reading peoples account of what its actually like to live and work on these vessels :) ... One thing though may I ask you, what job does the yellow shirt do and their responsibilities? ... I take it, its a dangerous job? and a very responsible job

asceses1 As a yellow shirt you're tasked with 3 things overall however it's not easy things as you need to check where everyone is whilst directing planes of where to park or getting them onto the catapult. As a yellow shirt you're responsible for directing movement of all aircraft on the flight/hangar deck (you have higher authority when moving planes). We also do catapult arresting and gearing. another thing we do is shoot the aircraft which is why on some yellow shirts on the back you'll notice it says "shooter" with this job you basically need to make sure all the green shirts and decks are cleared which is generally signaled by a thumbs up followed by him doing a sweeping motion for a final check before giving the launch sign to shoot the aircraft into the air. but to answer you question about being dangerous job it's really not all that dangerous as long as you have great communication. we sometimes love to goof off because we're not constantly landing or shooting planes, it's more or less of a waiting game so we have downtime to play with.

Hesitating Aghhhh (lol that's my happy excited squeely noise) I was so excited to read your reply... thank you so much for taking the time to explain it to me. I really do find it all sooooo fascinating, interesting and down right thrilling. I would love to view it all in real life action. My father (RIP dad) trained in the British Royal air force when he was young, he was training to be a pilot but for a reason I am not sure of while training he had a problem with one of his eyes which resulted in one of his retina's partially detaching. He had to have an operation which was successful but he was not able to return to training after that as his eye sight had been impaired ... that was back in the late 40s though. Maybe I get my love of things like this from him :) ... Thank you again for your reply :)

asceses1 Aw I'm so sorry for your loss. and yeah it's a great experience if you ever join the Navy. the ship is your home and the people on it are all your brothers and sisters.

Hesitating Thank you sweetheart :)

Did you stay long enough to see the Falklands War?

USS SARATOGA...flight deck electrician....lighting. cats and A/G systems...77-79

same

I went through boot camp with a guy named , Eric Giesler. He was one of the guards on the captured pilot scene. I’d like to find him.