Now THAT is some hot stick flying on the part of that B-52...big boy.
US Fleet Carriers from Langley to Ford Class
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Yes siree Bob...you ARE Popeye the Sailor Man...the Aircraft carrier Sailor Man!
My brother, as always, I thank you for your service to our Republic.
The US Navy (under master Ronald Reagan) refit all four of the Iowa class to be 1980s modern, fighting machines with 32 cruise missiles and sixteen anti-shipping missiles, and the four Phalanx...and all the modern sensors to go with it.
Later reports after the Soviet Union fell (and trying to keep up with Ronald Reagan's 600 ship Navy and what it was costing them...and with air frce, army, star wars and everything else Reagan was putting together) ran them into bankruptcy.
But those reports indicated that they were especially afraid of the BBs...the Iowa class BBs. All that armor, all of those missiles...and then those big gun. They were afraid they would not be able to sink them with just top side damage and that their subs could be kept at nay. And they may well ave been right and should have feared them.
Around the clock 
“We must have this ship back in three days.”
– Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, Commander in Chief Pacific Fleet
Battle of Midway: Repairing the Yorktown After the Battle of the Coral Sea
Yard workers and sailors worked flat out over three days to get the carrier Yorktown patched up and ready for the decisive Midway battle
“We must have this ship back in three days.”
– Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, Commander in Chief Pacific Fleet
Battle of Midway: Repairing the Yorktown After the Battle of the Coral Sea
Yard workers and sailors worked flat out over three days to get the carrier Yorktown patched up and ready for the decisive Midway battle
She's at sea boys! Left today, April; 8, 2017. From the local station there at Norfolk: See:
Here are some pics:
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (April 08, 2017) - The future USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) is underway on its own power for the first time. The first-of-class ship -- the first new U.S. aircraft carrier design in 40 years -- will spend several days conducting builder's sea trials, a comprehensive test of many of the ship's key systems and technologies. (U.S. Navy Combat Camera photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ridge Leoni)
Here are some pics:
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (April 08, 2017) - The future USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) is underway on its own power for the first time. The first-of-class ship -- the first new U.S. aircraft carrier design in 40 years -- will spend several days conducting builder's sea trials, a comprehensive test of many of the ship's key systems and technologies. (U.S. Navy Combat Camera photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ridge Leoni)
GERALD R getting underway from News 8 april 2017 to begin builder's sea trials
And passing Norfolk Naval Base
And passing Norfolk Naval Base
She get a look !
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