Aircraft Carriers III

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The Last Jedi
VIP Professional
The real test of looks is when they are on the ground, the 'legs' of an F-15 are scrawny and matchstick-like whilst the Hornet has manly and butch undercarriage!

Exactly. That airframe on an F-15 could not take the pounding of arrested landings. It's just not built for it.

Naval aircraft have sea legs....


Sea Legs was produced by Grumman in 1981. However this still holds true today.
 

bd popeye

The Last Jedi
VIP Professional
How did such a tiny submarine kill a ship almost fifty times larger than itself? First of all, we don’t know the rules of engagement of the exercise. Were the Roosevelt’s escorts using all of their anti-submarine warfare sensors? Was there any prohibition or curb on their use, or were any of them declared inoperative for the purposes of the exercise?

Generally in these exercises the USN is NOT permitted to use the full gambit of their ASW abilities because of environmental concerns. Certain types of sonar kill sea creatures. In war time things would be different.
 

Air Force Brat

Brigadier
Super Moderator
The real test of looks is when they are on the ground, the 'legs' of an F-15 are scrawny and matchstick-like whilst the Hornet has manly and butch undercarriage!View attachment 39295 View attachment 39296 ;-)

That's just to carry that "porta potty" underneath that you need when making all those "night traps"! those Navy guys are serious about their "chitter"!

Cartoon Popeye laugh here, EEECCKKK, EEEECCKKK! you remember that laugh don't ya BD, I LOVED POPEYE THE SAILOR MAN!
 
now I watched Published on Jun 6, 2017
'morale booster' with French fries and stuff:
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FORBIN

Lieutenant General
Registered Member
IMDEX Asia 2017: ST Marine Unveiled the Endurance 170 LHD

At IMDEX Asia 2017, the international maritime defence exhibition held last month in Singapore, local shipyard ST Marine unveiled a new addition to its Endurance family: The Endurance 170 Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD).

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