Pics from last week business trip onboard USS Truman...

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A friend of mine took these pics while he was on a business trip....

I thought you would enjoy these...

10 July...Pulling out of pier. You could see USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), she is getting commissioned on 12 July, 03

Got to visit several magazines onboard the carrier, lot of 500 and 1000 lb bombs. Three yellow stripes on the nose indicates that those are used as bunker buster.

F/A-18C getting ready to launch from Catapult #2.

 

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Hornets and Tomcats waiting their turn to launch

E-2 on Catapult #1 and F/A-18C on Catapult #2 getting ready to launch

I'm kneeling down awaiting for hornet's launch, jet noise from full military power literally shook my entire body.

 

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This guy in green jersey and float coat has a very important and dangerous job during aircraft launching process. He is one of the hook-up crew and his job is to ensure holdback is connected correctly from aircraft to catapult track, even during when aircraft is in 100% throttle.

Two F-14s on the elevator getting ready to go up to the flight deck

Our berthing. We stayed in Officer's berthing which was located in 03-64-8-L (Port forward of the ship).








Tomcat clearing a deck and ready to climb.

 

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F-18 landing, you could see its tallhook catching cross deck wires to stop. The pilots must go full throttle power as soon as wheels touches the flight deck,
just incase he failed to catch the arresting wire, so that he could get off the deck immediately

The flight deck can hold up to about 80 jets and helicopters but during normal flight operations, they will most likely have around 45 to 50 jets and helicopters.

Just to show how congested it gets on the flight deck

 

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