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The Blue Angels, the Navy’s flight demonstration squadron, perform over Alcatraz Island during an air show as part of Fleet Week in San Francisco, Oct. 8, 2017. Did anyone go to 2017 Fleet Week in San Francisco? Let us hear your stories. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Ian Cotter
Here you go…what each color shirt means for Navy aircraft carrier flight deck personnel. How many did you know? Featured image of Admiral Thomas B. Fargo, Commander, U.S. Pacific Command is rendered honors by “rainbow sideboys” on the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Mark J. Rebilas , […]
Did you know that US Navy aircraft carrier flight deck personnel wear different color shirts? And if you do know this how many of you know what the different colors mean? Comment below if you know. Tomorrow we will post the job functions for the different color shirts. Brown, Yellow, Blue, Red, Purple, Green, and […]
A Sailor guides a C-2A Greyhound assigned to the Providers of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron (VRC) 30 on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Theodore Roosevelt is on a deployment to the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet areas of operation in support of maritime security operations and theater security […]
SAN DIEGO (Oct. 6, 2017) – Sailors man the rails aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Theodore Roosevelt departed San Diego for a regularly scheduled deployment, Oct. 6, to the U.S. 7th and 5th fleet areas of responsibility in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. – DVIDS U.S. […]
Sailors load water onto an MH-60S Seahawk near San Juan, Puerto Rico, Oct. 8, 2017, during humanitarian relief efforts following Hurricane Maria. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Danny Ray Nunez Jr.
The USS Gerald R. Ford supercarrier (CVN-78) was commissioned in July, 2017 and had been conduction operations ever since. Take an inside look at recent activities on the amazing ship. The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is currently underway conducting testing and evaluation operations with embarked F/A-18F Super Hornets from Air Test and […]
The U.S. Navy flight demonstration team Blue Angels fly over the San Francisco Bay during the San Francisco Fleet Week Air Show Oct. 7, 2017. San Francisco Fleet Week is an opportunity for the American public to meet their Marine Corps, Navy and Coast Guard teams and experience America’s sea services. Fleet Week will highlight […]
An undated file photo of Lt. j.g. Wallace E. Burch, 25, of Horn Lake, Mississippi and Lt. Patrick L. Ruth, 31, of Metairie, Louisiana. The two aviators were killed Oct. 1 when their T-45C aircraft crashed in Tellico Plains, Tennessee. Their T-45C Goshawk trainer jet crashed near Tellico Plains, Tenn., near the Cherokee National Forest […]
HONG KONG HARBOR (Oct. 2, 2017) The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) is underway along the coast of China prior to a port visit in Hong Kong following routine operations in the South China Sea. Ronald Reagan is the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, providing a combat-ready force that protects and defends […]
The US Navy has confirmed that an instructor pilot and student aviator was killed when their T-45C Goshawk jet training aircraft crashed during the night in Tennessee. On Sunday night, local officials said a military aircraft had crashed in the Cherokee National Forest in Tellico Plains, Tenn. The Navy confirmed the T-45C Goshawk trainer was assigned […]
The U.S. Navy said it was investigating reports of a military jet that crashed near Tellico Plains, Tennessee, on Sunday evening, as it appeared unlikely that the crew survived. A U.S. Navy official speaking to Fox News said a T-45 jet was missing after it took off from Meridian, Mississippi, with an instructor and student pilot on board. […]
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