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Flying Off An Aircraft Carrier In The Caribbean
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anonymous
2019 Feb 2, 8:46am
ohomen171 says
First you have to be able to get off the aircraft carrier...$13 Billion Carrier Having Trouble Launching Planes
The USS Gerald R. Ford is still bedeviled by serious technical issues, including 20 failures of its aircraft launch-and-landing systems during sea trials. None of the failures, which occurred during a total of 740 launches and landings, caused injuries or damages, the Navy said.
Problematic for years, the ship’s electromagnetic catapults have attracted the interest of numerous critics, including President Trump. Robert Behler, the Pentagon’s director of operational testing, said that the ship will likely fail to meet a key requirement for the number of sorties flown per day. In a memo acquired by Bloomberg News, Behler said that while “improvements have occurred, poor and unknown reliability continues to plague the ship and key systems.”
The Ford was delivered to the Navy in 2017, years behind schedule, and at $13 billion is the most expensive ship ever built.
http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2019/01/30/13-Billion-Carrier-Having-Trouble-Launching-Planes
But wait - there's even more !
Navy Orders Two New Aircraft Carriers, Claiming Billions in Savings
The first in a new class of supercarriers, the USS Gerald R. Ford was delivered to the Navy years behind schedule and billions over budget.
The $13 billion ship‘s aircraft launching and retrieval systems are still works in progress, and only one of the carrier’s 11 weapons elevators is currently operating.
Despite those serious ongoing technical issues, the Navy is moving forward with an order for two more of the 1,106-foot-long ships, at a cost of $24 billion.
The Navy says that ordering two ships – the Enterprise (CVN-80) and the as-yet-unnamed CVN-81, the third and fourth members of the Ford class – at the same time will save about $4 billion. Defense News reports that the projected savings come from buying materials and equipment in greater quantities and the ability of the shipbuilder, Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding, to maintain a steady and predictable workforce.
http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2019/02/01/Navy-Orders-Two-New-Aircraft-Carriers-Claiming-Billions-Savings
Spending your tax dollars in a prudent and wise fashion.
Flying from an aircraft carrier is an amazing and sometimes terrifying experience
First you have to be able to get off the aircraft carrier...$13 Billion Carrier Having Trouble Launching Planes
The USS Gerald R. Ford is still bedeviled by serious technical issues, including 20 failures of its aircraft launch-and-landing systems during sea trials. None of the failures, which occurred during a total of 740 launches and landings, caused injuries or damages, the Navy said.
Problematic for years, the ship’s electromagnetic catapults have attracted the interest of numerous critics, including President Trump. Robert Behler, the Pentagon’s director of operational testing, said that the ship will likely fail to meet a key requirement for the number of sorties flown per day. In a memo acquired by Bloomberg News, Behler said that while “improvements have occurred, poor and unknown reliability continues to plague the ship and key systems.”
The Ford was delivered to the Navy in 2017, years behind schedule, and at $13 billion is the most expensive ship ever built.
http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2019/01/30/13-Billion-Carrier-Having-Trouble-Launching-Planes
But wait - there's even more !
Navy Orders Two New Aircraft Carriers, Claiming Billions in Savings
The first in a new class of supercarriers, the USS Gerald R. Ford was delivered to the Navy years behind schedule and billions over budget.
The $13 billion ship‘s aircraft launching and retrieval systems are still works in progress, and only one of the carrier’s 11 weapons elevators is currently operating.
Despite those serious ongoing technical issues, the Navy is moving forward with an order for two more of the 1,106-foot-long ships, at a cost of $24 billion.
The Navy says that ordering two ships – the Enterprise (CVN-80) and the as-yet-unnamed CVN-81, the third and fourth members of the Ford class – at the same time will save about $4 billion. Defense News reports that the projected savings come from buying materials and equipment in greater quantities and the ability of the shipbuilder, Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding, to maintain a steady and predictable workforce.
http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2019/02/01/Navy-Orders-Two-New-Aircraft-Carriers-Claiming-Billions-Savings
Spending your tax dollars in a prudent and wise fashion.
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rocketjoe79
2019 Feb 2, 9:19am
rocketjoe79
2019 Feb 2, 9:19am
American ascendancy. Carriers allow power projection anywhere to further the interest of our government. Which is not necessarily the will of the people, buy that's what we've got.
It's worked for over 242 years, so not a bad run.
The Chinese bought an old Russian Carrier hulk and are refurbing it. I think they have laid the keel on a new construction carrier. But it will take them a decade to figure out sustained flight ops, if that ever happens. Didn't ever happen for the Russkies. So sure, the Chinese will have a carrier or two or three in the Pacific eventually. Will it be effective at power projection? Hard to say. They are increasing their presence in the Pacific. That can't make the Russians happy. Or the Japanese, Aussies, etc. Japan is loosening the budget strings on defense to protect against China and the North Koreans. We know what happened the last time Japan got strong. Might be 70 years ago but they have a long memory. Interesting times.
It's worked for over 242 years, so not a bad run.
The Chinese bought an old Russian Carrier hulk and are refurbing it. I think they have laid the keel on a new construction carrier. But it will take them a decade to figure out sustained flight ops, if that ever happens. Didn't ever happen for the Russkies. So sure, the Chinese will have a carrier or two or three in the Pacific eventually. Will it be effective at power projection? Hard to say. They are increasing their presence in the Pacific. That can't make the Russians happy. Or the Japanese, Aussies, etc. Japan is loosening the budget strings on defense to protect against China and the North Koreans. We know what happened the last time Japan got strong. Might be 70 years ago but they have a long memory. Interesting times.
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anonymous
2019 Feb 2, 10:24am
rocketjoe79 says
They do - as do the Koreans and Chinese. They have something we do not have - patience. The same thing ISIS/ISIL and the related groups have as well.
Very difficult if not impossible to defeat someone with patience and using unconventional tactics as we have seen in Vietnam, Afghanistan, the Middle East etc.
We want it done now, claim a fast victory (dubious term) and move on to the next adventure when the last one was never settled.
Might be 70 years ago but they have a long memory
They do - as do the Koreans and Chinese. They have something we do not have - patience. The same thing ISIS/ISIL and the related groups have as well.
Very difficult if not impossible to defeat someone with patience and using unconventional tactics as we have seen in Vietnam, Afghanistan, the Middle East etc.
We want it done now, claim a fast victory (dubious term) and move on to the next adventure when the last one was never settled.
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Patrick
2019 Feb 2, 3:56pm
Patrick
2019 Feb 2, 3:56pm
Kakistocracy says
This is a good point.
The Gilets Jaunes are pretty unconventional. The election of Trump was unconventional as well. As was Brexit.
Perhaps there is hope of putting democracy and national borders above of the demands of globalist capitalism after all.
Very difficult if not impossible to defeat someone with patience and using unconventional tactics
This is a good point.
The Gilets Jaunes are pretty unconventional. The election of Trump was unconventional as well. As was Brexit.
Perhaps there is hope of putting democracy and national borders above of the demands of globalist capitalism after all.
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anonymous
2019 Feb 6, 2:13pm
The United States would do well to remember this...our enemies do and it always works to their benefit
You are so lucky to be sailing on this beautiful sea with its calm green waters (unless a big storm hits.). From 1968 to 1969 I sailed on this sea with the US Navy. I started on the destroyer USS Haynesworth (DD-700). Our home port was Galveston, Texas. We spent a lot of time in Jamaica and in Guantanimo Bay,Cuba (Before the prison was there.)
I was then sent to the aircraft carrier USS Lexington (AVT-16).I was assigned to a squadron flying Grumann S-2 Tracker anti-submarine planes. I was the computer operator on the plane. Everyday we would fly over the Caribbean looking for Russian submarines. It was beautiful flying. Our pilot and other crew members were real professionals and great people.
One day Elena and I were visiting the aircraft carrier USS Hornet in Alameda, California. As luck would have it, an S-2 was on the flight deck and its bottom hatch was open. I showed Elena the inside of the plane and the seat where I sat.
If you came into our bedroom, you would see a model of a gray plane with US Navy markings and two piston engines. That was the plane that I flew on. Anna that model is your after I die.It will be something for you to remember me.
Flying from an aircraft carrier is an amazing and sometimes terrifying experience.You land at a normal airport on a very stable runway that stays in the same place. On an aircraft carrier you take off and land on a flight deck that is always pitching, yawing , and rolling.
When you take off, they attach the plane to a steam catapult on the flight deck. Your flaps are down all the way and your engines are running at full power. The catapult blasts you to 60 miles per hour and you launch off the flight deck. As you go off the end of the ship, the plane drops below the carrier deck for just a second. This is the most dangerous moment when you can go into the water and drown. When the air catches the flaps you climb quickly. It is wonderful fun.
Landing is wild and dangerous. Imagine that you are driving your car at 200 kilometers per hour(120 mph). You slam on the brakes and have to bring the car to a complete stop in 300 feet (about the length of an American football field.) When you approach to land on an aircraft carrier, your plane has to be going precisely 120 mph. If you are flying slower you will crash on the flight deck and be smashed into thousands of pieces. If you are going faster you will miss the three arresting cables to stop your plane and over shoot the flight deck.