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[HeyJoe]

Is steaming in some semblance of a real, balanced formation outside the ken of surface combatants? Probably trying too hard to steam IAW the FORM instructions instead of looking outside the bridge and lining up...well, I dunno...lining up SOMETHING. Maybe...and I'm just spitballing here...lining up BRIDGES?!?

Looks like their rivals to the south are a bit better

100308-N-0808V-521 ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 8, 2010) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) performs tactical maneuvering exercises with the guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) and the Argentina navy frigate ARA Gomez Roca (P 46). Carl Vinson is off the coast of Argentina supporting Southern Seas 2010. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ashley Van Dien/Released)

 

[Gatordev]

Right you are. It's a VFA-125 asset used at Fallon for spotting when RAG is in town. It came back with a stuck throttle yesterday and JO/Instructor did nice job bringing it back and chopping power about the 90 or so by killing the engine. Gave Crash and Rescue and all the security folks a chance to flash their lights.
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HJ Photo

Can't see your photobucket pic, but sounds like that's a third baby blue one then. The two in my pics went to Oceana and Miramar, or were supposed to, anyway.

 

[Homer J]

Cedar Rapids, Iowa 1970
F‑4J Phantom II Blue Angel #4 belly landed with one engine stuck in afterburner. Aircraft ran off runway, pilot Lt. Ernie Christensen ejected.

 

[Alpha_Echo_606]

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Cedar Rapids, Iowa 1970
F‑4J Phantom II Blue Angel #4 belly landed with one engine stuck in afterburner. Aircraft ran off runway, pilot Lt. Ernie Christensen ejected.

I remember that like it was yesterday, I don't remember just how far it went into the corn field but it was all over the news that evening. That was my first time seeing the Blues fly and what a show.

 

[markkyle66]

 

[BusyBee604]

Demons

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Those first two thumbnails are familiar. VF-53 on USS TICONDEROGA (CVA-14) 1961-62 cruise. I was in VA-55 at the same time.
The ol' Demon was an underpowered fuel-sucker, really struggled on the cat shot. My hat was always off to the Demon Drivers (better they than I)!:bigeyes_1
BzB

 

[Alpha_Echo_606]

Pictures to follow.

100310-N-0347B-264 ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 10, 2010) As seen from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), an Argentina navy S-2 Tracker performs a low approach exercise. Carl Vinson is underway off the coast of Argentina supporting Southern Seas 2010, a U.S. Southern Command-directed operation that provides U.S. and international forces the opportunity to operate in a multi-national environment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Joshua Boyer/Released)

100310-N-0347B-257 ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 10, 2010) Chief Warrant Officer 3 Harold McLean watches as an Argentina navy S-2 Tracker performs a low approach exercise aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is underway off the coast of Argentina supporting Southern Seas 2010, a U.S. Southern Command-directed operation that provides U.S. and international forces the opportunity to operate in a multi-national environment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Joshua Boyer/Released)

100310-N-2953W-960 ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 10, 2010) Argentine navy S-2T Turbo Trackers conduct a low-approach exercise over the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is underway off the coast of Argentina supporting Southern Seas 2010, a U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command Partnership of the Americas maritime engagement strategy to enhance regional stability and strengthen relationships among regional partners. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Adrian White/Released)

 

[Alpha_Echo_606]

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100311-N-5226D-192 EL CENTRO, Calif. (March 11, 2010) The U.S. flight demonstration team, the Blue Angels, perform a Double Farvel during a practice show over Naval Air Facility El Centro. The El Centro air show, scheduled for March 13, is the first of 35 air shows in the Blue Angels 2010 season. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Stephen D. Doyle II/Released)

100311-N-5226D-220 EL CENTRO, Calif. (March 11, 2010) The Navy flight demonstration team, the Blue Angels, fly in delta formation over Naval Air Facility El Centro during a practice show. The El Centro air show is the first of 35 air shows in the Blue Angels 2010 season. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Stephen D Doyle II/Released)

 

[Alpha_Echo_606]

100310-N-4774B-008 ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 8, 2010) Aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52), an aircrew member exits an SH-60F Sea Hawk helicopter, assigned to the Red Lions‚ of Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron (HS) 15, during a passenger transfer with the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Bunker Hill and Carl Vinson are participating in Southern Seas 2010, a U.S. Southern Command-directed operation that provides U.S. and international forces the opportunity to operate in a multi-national environment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daniel Barker/Released)

 

[Alpha_Echo_606]

100310-N-6006S-494 ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 10, 2010) Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) prepare for flight operations. Carl Vinson is underway off the coast of Argentina supporting Southern Seas 2010, a U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command Partnership of the Americas maritime engagement strategy to enhance regional stability and strengthen relationships among regional partners. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Aaron Shelley/Released)

 

[Alpha_Echo_606]

03/12/2010
FLY BY
Argentina navy officers and pilots conduct low approach fly-bys over the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in the Atlantic Ocean, March 10, 2010. The Carl Vinson is off Argentina to support Southern Seas, a U.S. Southern Command-directed operation to provide U.S. and international forces the opportunity to operate in a multinational environment. U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Aaron Shelley

 

[Alpha_Echo_606]

1/15NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER - The first Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT] F-35B Lightning II stealth fighter passes overhead at 40 knots (46 mph) prior to a slow landing at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., on Wednesday, March 10. The flight was one of the last missions before the aircraft's first vertical landing, and confirmed the jet's power and controllability at very low speeds. The aircraft's short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) propulsion system generates more than 41,000 pounds of vertical thrust, and enables airspeeds from zero to Mach 1.6. The F-35B will be flown by the United States Marine Corps, the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force and Royal Navy, and the Italian Air Force and Navy. It will be capable of operating from small ships and austere bases near front-line combat zones. F-35 Lead STOVL Pilot Graham Tomlinson was at the controls for Wednesday's flight.
Photo by Randy Hepp

 

[Alpha_Echo_606]

U.S. Navy sailors from Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 139 out of Naval Air Facility Washington, D.C., prepare to launch an EA-6B Prowler aircraft at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., during Red Flag 10-3 on March 2, 2010. Red Flag is a realistic combat training exercise involving the air forces of the United States and its allies. The exercise is conducted on the 15,000-square-mile Nevada Test and Training Range north of Las Vegas. DoD photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth, U.S. Air Force. (Released)

 

[Ken_gone_flying]

100309-N-4236E-296 NORTH ARABIAN SEA (March 9, 2010) An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned
to the Pukin Dogs of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 143 breaks away from the group before landing
on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69).
Dwight D. Eisenhower is on a six-month deployment as part of the on-going rotation of forward-deployed
forces to support maritime security operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class
Chad R. Erdmann/Released)

 

[Alpha_Echo_606]

Show off
A U-2 "Dragon Lady" takes off from the Osan Air Base, South Korea, flightline Oct. 21, 2009, during the base Air Power Day air show. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson)

Airmen provide intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance
Capt. Peter J. Gryn signals that all systems are good from his U-2 Oct. 4, 2009, prior to his first combat mission. He's deployed from Beale Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. J.G. Buzanowski)