VIOLENT Super Hornets Carrier Catapult Takeoffs - Flight Deck Ops USS Theodore Roosevelt 

the movie character is named in his honor, i'm guessing...

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thanks lol mmd

The fight deck of an aircraft carrier is the most dangerous place in the fleet. Every hand signal and moment have meaning. Otherwise you couldn't safely conduct FLIGHT OPS.

They are a flight squadron. Thry practice to make sure everything work perfectly .

Also each person in a different color shirt has a special job.

It's really like a choreographed ballet, with everyone doing his/her part in sync with others to ensure efficiency and safety. Amazing.

How many aircraft can they launch and land in an hour? I just wonder if they were in a full on battle at sea what are they capable of? Do they ever train max throughput?

@@semosancus5506 I struck up a conversation with a man sitting next to me on a plane who let me know he was a yellow shirt on a carrier flight deck (guys who guide aircraft on the deck). I asked where he was from and he said Montana of all places (never had seen the ocean before joining the US Navy)! He said that the actual wartime operational tempo on a carrier is a guarded secret. However, what he did say was that "we can get those sons' a' bitches loaded, laid, and launched faster than anyone could imagine; without seeing it, you wouldn't believe it". I'll never forget the cocky, fox-like grin on his face when he said it and I remember feeling happy/inspired/proud for some reason. Despite being Army myself, I think I felt like this because I thought it great that brother branches have the same grounded arrogance/confidence in their combat ability; a confidence that has been earned and tested, not empty or an idle boast.

@Bennett Davis On either shift (12 on 12 off at sea), be professional at your job and keep your head out of your ass and on a swivel and you'll be just fine. VF-21 (F-4) veteran.

man i miss the flight deck

Oi

That's called a Catapult Centerdeck Operator and you also have an deck edge one.

Mel Hardee what's his job, just wondering 🤔

@@shaunkirby273 A Catapult Center Deck Operator communicates to Catapult Control. Behind the shield he/she is sitting behind is a small computer that he/she uses to relay aircraft type, weight, etc.

Last Strike Mapping thank you was just wondering so cool to watch 🇨🇦

When I served aboard the Coral Sea we used to park a TAU right behind them in what we used to call the swimming pool.

Well, we thank your father and ALL our military men who serve our country! What a great memory for you, seeing your father return,; seeing the aircraft come in and your father stepping out of the aircraft and coming to you, just marvelous! Honor, courage and commitment is what they stand for and we are proud of them all!

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I like that story.

When i first read that, my brain substituted, "Some of my earliest memories were of my mother, brother and me getting all dressed up and launching Hornets off the flight deck...." Great family fun. ;)

@whats missing from A_SCHWITZ ?____ ANSWER: U ask the US president, not some random youtube commenters or the military who only do their work

Because we can't hear anything, even with comms

How do those holdback gadgets work? 3:18

Too much sex would've taken place bk then.. 😂

What's that dude doing sitting in the hole with the flap bit in front of him?

I served on the HMS Hermes and ark royal as a weapons technician ,arming aircraft,I was only 17 yrs old,I guess it. Was back in 1967.

@@marktamlyn7019 my uncle Charlie Goddard was on Ark Royal... Don't remember what he did on her, but I still have his dog tag.

I was on the Hawk during the 77-78 WESTPAC, HS8 crewman. Did two open sea rescues. Flight deck Air Boss was not God but pretty close. Best morning ever was when we got back to the states and we could see the lights on the CA coastline. God Bless the USA!

Thank you for your service bro!!!!!!! thank all you service men and women for everything you have done and are still doing 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Never was topside with A-6s but EA-6Bs yes. You could literally feel your internal organs vibrating lol. I miss being up there so much.

Try 2 Tomcats on Cats side by side at After Burners.

I done it 747s

Lol!!!!!!!

Now that's funny

Hot wax!!! Incoming! Spot free dry next! We need pine tree air fresheners

I got a good laugh out of your comment.

LOL

Former ABH myself. The best part is that I lived to tell about it :-) . There were a few nasty accidents and injuries while I was there.

Many memories of my time on the Big Stick from 85 to 88, V0 and V4 division. Plankowner.

Ops department on the Ready Teddy, 86 to 88. Plank owner. I used to watch you guys on the flight deck from vultures row.

Greetings form CVN69.

@@josephnorris4095 no just the take off

Best air show in the world, every day!

I once saw a jet taking of from Aviano base here in Italy, I was stunned. It basically took of vertically...that was amazing.

Aboard my Destroyer during a MED deployment, we were often assigned as plane guard. We took station 1,000 yards astern of the birdfarm. We were off the midpoint aligned with the center-line of the angled flight deck, Each bird flew directly over our mast as we were in effect the outer marker, day or night, smooth or stormy, clear or rainy, One night about 0300 (3 AM), I was OOD, when the birdfarm called us on the radio to announce: "Standby, one of our birds is sick." We had a rescue team resting inside the ship in wet suits with special J-blade knives to cut parachute harnesses and parachute lines - if need be. Soon we could hear the sick bird. It was an F-4 and its compressor was spooling up and down gulping for air and fuel. Our rescue guys were at the ship's rail watching. The F-4 made it to the deck. The radio came aloud as the birdfarm tower announced: "BIRD SAFE in the NEST. - THANKS"

Nothing quite compares to the courage and efficiency of operations on the deck of an aircraft carrier. Not so many years ago accidents were commonplace and often deadly, the risks are real even today, but technology and training have evolved to a point where these guys make it look easy.

Murphy's Law²

I was a Grape on the E in 1983-84, good times

its a Blast....miss the smell

Exactly. Pisses me off when some geezer calls all millennial useless. I work with many kids in their 20's that are very efficient.

@@ackmino Are you referring to civilian millennials or Navy Personal in the millennial age group? Because that's comparing apples to elephants. There are no "safe spaces" in my Navy. There are no millennials in the Navy, They get weeded out in the 1st 8 weeks. There are only Sailors that make it past boot camp.

@@MrMarkallen02554 the only good guys I worked with out of the service were airforce. We had one good welder out of the navy but most of them were clowns...

@@ackmino I hate to think the left has screwed things up that much since I got out, but if that's the case, I'm glad I'm not on deck anymore

The branch of service is irrelevant. 16-17-18-19 year old's have been doing the bulk of the work and the dying since the first organized nation created a military.

Bully for you!

0:38 What were they doing next to landing gear???

Complacent?? Omg!

@@KM-mv3qr Yeah absolutely haha you forget about the dangerous aspects after awhile of doing the job. Becomes second nature

12 on 12 off 7 days a week for 6 weeks between ports, it's easy to get complacent

I was fortunate enough to be invited on board the USS Forrestal (sadly dubbed the Forrestfire by some in the Navy because of the horrendous fire onboard in the 1970s) as a civilian aviation photographer in 1991 for a week. No better way to get a bigger respect for what these men (and women now) do around the clock for 6 months in a row. Witnessing night launches in the pitch dark from the safety of Vulture's row made me realize even more hoe they risk their lives ast the job more than anybody else... Emphasized the next day by walking on the slippery deck myself and almost getting my head separated by a wing fuel tank of an S-3 Viking on the catwalk when I didn't scoot low enough when it was launched. Too focused on taking another great shot. A split second of not paying attention and you're history. Compare to your job and the most dangerous thing you're facing there on a daily basis, an exploding coffee pot in the rec room. I left on that Sunday evening with an ernormous respect for all of them and still feel that way 28 years later.

Thank you for your service!

if you're referring to the guy sitting down in the green jersey, he's setting steam pressure for the cat based on weight and wind ... very important guy for sure ... he takes a bit of beating but the brave guys are the cat spotters under the plane so close to the intakes ... must be very careful not to make a misstep or have your head up your ass

On a clipboard

Just another day at work...

You mean super steel nuts beyond call of duty.

HondaDude specially with the prop planes.

My sentiments exactly..... or as the motto goes from the boomers of the Texas ANG KC-10 tankers here in Texas 'No kickin' ass without tanker gas'. These people are the real heroes.. Nobody works harder (and longer) on a ship.

I was aboard during the 77-78 period. Fighter Squadron EIGHTY-FOUR, the Jolly Rogers (Skull and Crossbones). That shit is still in my blood!!!!

Jet fuel, steam, rubber, hot oil. Steam catapults in a nutshell.

Yeah....But the taste of JP5 in our drinking water and showers SUCKED!

Apocalypse now!

Jean Pierre #5

I wish I could say that but unfortunately no I do not besides you really didn't do early morning ops.

TR would have loved this.

Practice makes perfect....if you do it around the clock for 6 months in a row you learn a thing or two...

Well, you can't salute enlisted to enliste, but screw it, I'm not in anymore, me too! O-1 all the way up, and E-5 and up. I'm not saluting an E-1 out of "A" school or an E-1 from any branch. But yes, full salute. I did 15 years Navy, and if an enlisted saluted a chief, senior chief, or Master chief Petty officer, then he's going to light you up, all up in your face, all rude and shit...."DID YOU JUST SALUTE ME SHIPMATE? SON, I WORK FOR A LIVING"!! Its embarassing. Its better to not salute an officer accidently, then it is to accidentally salute an enisted chief petty officer in the Navy. Chiefs are more vocal about letting everyone know, you done f**ked up. (Usually, it never happens again after that first one)

@@patrickfarrell6353 😂😂😂 I meant it in spirit. Called our first sergeant Sir, though. Either that or Top. He didn't seem to mind. Had more respect for him than any commissioned officer.

I was Air Department Leading Chief on USS Iwo Jima. We owned and maintained berthing compartments which we transferred over to the Marines when they embarked. They smelled really bad when they gave them back. 😂😂😂 LOL. I'm just messing with you, gunny. But no, they really did stink.😂😂😂

@@michaelmappin4425 I'm sure they did!😂

@Kush Kuniss shutup loser