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A catapult and arresting gear officer wearing a safety observer jersey signals instructions to the pilot of an F-14A Tomcat aircraft preparing to be launched from the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69). The integrated catapult control station is visible in the foreground. Note: First view in a series of two

A catapult and arresting gear officer wearing a safety observer jersey signals instructions to the pilot of an F-14A Tomcat aircraft preparing to be launched from the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69). The integrated catapult control station is visible in the foreground. Note: Second view in a series of two

A catapult and arresting gear officer signals instructions to the pilot of an F-14A tomcat aircraft being prepared for launching from the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69)

A catapult and arresting gear officer prepares to signal for the launch of an F-14A Tomcat aircraft during flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS CONSTELLATION (CV 64)

A catapult and arresting gear crewman aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN 68) signals that an F-14 Tomcat aircraft is ready to be launched

A catapult and arresting gear officer wearing a safety observer jersey signals instructions to the pilot of an Attack Squadron 72 (VA-72) A-7E Corsair II aircraft preparing to be launched from the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69). Note: First view in a series of two

An arresting gear officer signals launching instructions to the pilot of an F-14A Tomcat aircraft during flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63)

A catapult officer gives the launch signal to the pilot of an F-14A Tomcat aircraft during flight operations aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71)

A catapult and arresting gear officer wearing a safety observer jersey signals instructions to the pilot of an Attack Squadron 72 (VA-72) A-7E Corsair II aircraft preparing to be launched from the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69). Second view in a series of two

A catapult and arresting gear officer wearing a safety observer jersey signals instructions to the pilot of an F-14A Tomcat aircraft preparing to be launched from the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69)

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Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69)

Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Scene Camera Operator: CWO Patrick Wilkerson

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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01/07/1987
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label_outline Explore Gear Officer, Cwo Patrick Wilkerson, Jersey

A Fighter Squadron 211 (VF-211) F-14A Tomcat aircraft prepares to catch the arresting wire as it comes in for a landing on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN-68) during flight operations aboard the vessel

As a Fighter Squadron 41 (VF-41) F-14A Tomcat aircraft is launched from the No. 3 catapult aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72), the line attaching an aerial banner target to the aircraft is played out across the flight deck. The LINCOLN is at sea for its shakedown cruise

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

A left side view of three F-14A Tomcat aircraft from Fighter Squadron 142 (VF-142) in flight with their arresting hooks down. The aircraft are based aboard the Nuclear-powered Aircraft Carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69)

A pair of F-14A "Tomcat" aircraft attached to the "Black Aces" of Fighter Squadron Four One (VF-41) operating from the USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65), air-to-air refuel with a United States Air Force KC135R Stratotanker

Flight deck crewmen walk in front of a P-16 shipboard firefighting and rescue truck as a catapult crew prepares to launch a Fighter Squadron 14 (VF-14) F-14A Tomcat aircraft from the aircraft lands on the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67)

A US Navy (USN) Catapult and Arresting Gear Officer launches a E-2C Hawkeye aircraft assigned to Airborne Early Warning Squadron One One Two (VAW-112) from the flight deck of the USN NIMITZ CLASS: Aircraft Carrier USS CARL VINSON (CVN 70), during a deployment training mission being conducted in the Pacific Ocean

An E-2C Hawkeye aircraft passes overhead as a Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84) F-14A Tomcat aircraft stands by for launch on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72) during the ship's shakedown cruise

A safety officer gives instructions to crew members in the hangar bay during an abandon ship drill aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS CARL VINSON (CVN 70)

Ordnancemen load an AIM-54A Phoenix missile onto an F-14A Tomcat aircraft of Fighter Squadron 142 (VF-142) on the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69)

A UH-46D Sea Knight helicopter from the ammunition ship USS KISKA (AE 35) hovers above the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS CONSTELLATION (CV 64) during Fleet Exercise 85. In the foreground are several F-14A Tomcat aircraft from Fighter Squadron 21. On the far right is an F/A-18A Hornet aircraft

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