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A US Navy F/A 18F "Super Hornet" makes it's first carrier based arrested landing on the deck of the Aircraft carrier USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74), in waters off the coast of North Carolina. The "Super Hornet", the Navy's newest strike-fighter aircraft, replaces the A-6 "Intruder" aircraft and is the programmed replacement for the F-14 "Tomcat"

A right side medium shot from a high angle looking down as a US Navy F/A 18F "Super Hornet" makes it's first carrier based arrested landing on the deck of the Aircraft carrier USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74), in waters off the coast of North Carolina. The "Super Hornet", the Navy's newest strike-fighter aircraft, replaces the A-6 "Intruder" aircraft and is the programmed replacement for the F-14 "Tomcat"

A medium close up left side view of the US Navy F/A-18F "Super Hornet" aircraft on the catapult of the Aircraft carrier USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN-74), during the aircraft's initial sea trials in waters off the coast of North Carolina. The "Super Hornet", the Navy's newest strike-fighter aircraft, replaces the A-6 "Intruder" aircraft and is the programmed replacement for the F-14 "Tomcat"

A right side front view close up shot of a US Navy F/A 18F "Super Hornet" on final approach to the deck of the Aircraft carrier USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74), during the aircraft's initial sea trials in waters off the coast of North Carolina. The "Super Hornet", the Navy's newest strike-fighter aircraft, replaces the A-6 "Intruder" aircraft and is the programmed replacement for the F-14 "Tomcat"

Three US Navy F/A-18 Hornet aircraft prepare to launch from the waist catapults during flight operations on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74). The STENNIS and embarked Carrier Air Wing 9 are operating together for the first time during a Composite Training Unit Exercise in the Pacific Ocean.(U.S. Navy official photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 2nd Class Michael Hight) (Released)

A US Navy F/A 18F "Super Hornet" makes it's first carrier based arrested landing on the deck of the Aircraft carrier USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74)

A US Navy (USN) F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter aircraft with the VFA-115 "Talons" launches off the deck of the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74) aircraft carrier. Currently the ship and its crew are participating in the joint military Exercise Northern Edge 2004, in the Gulf of Alaska

A US Navy F/A-18C Hornet aircraft completes a launch from the number one catapult aboard the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76) during operations in the Pacific Ocean. Junior Navy aviators are currently flying the Hornets during carrier flight operations training. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 2nd Class Aaron Burden) (Released)

Onboard the flight deck of the US Navy (USN) Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74), USN (brown shirt) Plane Captains and (green shirt) maintenance personnel take a rest break, atop their USN F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft, during preparation for a Carrier Air Wing 9 (CVW-9) air power demonstration. The STENNIS and embarked Carrier Air Wing 9 (CVW-9) are currently underway in the Pacific Ocean conducting a Tailored Ship's Training Availability (TSTA)

A bow on medium close up shot of a US Navy F/A 18F "Super Hornet" making it first carrier based arrested landing on the deck of the Aircraft carrier USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74), during the aircraft's initial sea trials in waters off the coast of North Carolina. The "Super Hornet", the Navy's newest strike-fighter aircraft, replaces the A-6 "Intruder" aircraft and is the programmed replacement for the F-14 "Tomcat"

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Base: USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74)

State: North Carolina (NC)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: PHM Michael L. Larson

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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18/01/1997
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A US Navy (USN) F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron One Two Two (VFA-122) catapults off the flight deck of the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74). The STENNIS is currently underway in the Pacific Ocean conducting carrier qualifications

Aviation ordnancemen load Mark 82 500-pound retarded delivery bombs onto the wing pylon of an A-6E Intruder aircraft aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69)

A US Navy pilot onboard the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier, USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74), preflights an F-14 Tomcat prior to flight operations in the Persian Gulf. The USS JOHN C. STENNIS is deployed in the Persian Gulf in support of an Southwest build-up

A A-6E Intruder aircraft refuels an EA-6B Prowler aircraft during a demonstration of U.S. Navy aircraft being conducted for military officials from the People's Republic of China visiting aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN-68). (Substandard image)

Flight deck crewmen conduct flight operations with an F-14 Tomcat aircraft aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN 68). The F-14 is in position to be catapulted from the carrier

NC-10B powerplants are positioned at the end of a line of A-6E Intruder and F-14A Tomcat aircraft during servicing of the aircraft prior to a mission

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Adam Orozco coils up an air hose, connected to a compressor attached to a USMC MK-23 Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (MTVR) 7-ton cargo truck (right), after using it to fill a tire of a second MK-23 MTVR truck (left) with air in Nginyang, Rift Valley Province, Kenya (KEN), in preparation to participate in Exercise NATURAL FIRE 2006. This exercise is the largest conducted by US and East African Community Nation military forces in the East African region and it consists of military training, as well as medical, veterinary, and engineering civil affairs programs carried out in the rural areas

Fire fighters stand by in a crash vehicle as an A-6E Intruder aircraft is catapulted from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS MIDWAY (CV 41)

An F-14 "Tomcat" engages it's afterburners prior to a night launch off the flight deck of the U.S. aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71). ROOSEVELT and its embarked carrier air wing are participating in strikes missions over the former Yugoslavia in support of NATO Operation Allied Force

AMN Justin Horn (left) signals LT Ron Gorman (center) and LT. Jim Bates during flight checks of an F-14 Tomcat aboard the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62). Independence is deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch

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