Aircraft Carriers III

bd popeye said:

Been there done that. Very bad for morale. The US Navy in my opinion could have sent USS John C Stennis on a short deployment so CVN-72 can be relieved. or the USN could have sped up IKEs (CVN 69) .

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Especially so close to the Thanksgiving/Christmas Holiday's, sailors look forward to going home to their families during this time of year, more importantly wives and children of sailors depend on them being home all year..... it has a broad and long lasting "ripple effect" on those families as well.

so the sailor's will catch "blow back" from Momma! and huge disappointment from kids and parents....

1955...Forrestal had issues during her initial sea trials. First in her class doncha know!

bd popeye said:

1955...Forrestal had issues during her initial sea trials. First in her class doncha know!

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As any Engineer will tell you, you learn nothing from a successful test. The whole point of trials is to see what breaks!

The deck of the QE is getting busier by the day, now that the Leathernecks have joined the fun!

Obi Wan Russell said:

The deck of the QE is getting busier by the day, now that the Leathernecks have joined the fun!

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Huh?



Isn't that British roundel on this F-35? Just asking. I do see a US roundel on the aircraft in the last photo.

We know that there are also British F35B on her so it may be a slight mix up by the MOD photographer. One of the landing F35 is clearly sporting US markings well the other is this 015 in RN markings.

I've noticed some time ago about

a relatively low cost projection for CVN-79 ("about $11.3 billion" of then-year dollars, in the document linked below),

and a higher one for CVN-80 ("about $12.3 billion" of then-year dollars),

and about the same for CVN-81 ("about $12.5 billion" of then-year dollars);

just saying
Report to Congress, Video on Gerald R. Ford Carrier Program

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CVN-78 at High Speed

Told you they were joining in the fun!

Nice

what’s the maximum F35B we have seen on QE deck ?