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Onboard the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier, USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71), flight deck crew members prepare to launch a USN EA-6B Prowler aircraft, assigned to the "Shadowhawks" of Electronic Attack Squadron 141 (VAQ-141), during flight operations as the ROOSEVELT and embarked Carrier Air Wing 8 (CVW-8) conduct Maritime Security Operations, during a regularly scheduled deployment in the Mediterranean Sea

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Crewmen watch as the catapult crew prepares to launch a Fighter Squadron 31 (VF-31) F-14A Tomcat aircraft from the aircraft carrier USS FORRESTAL (CV-59)

Flight deck crewmen watch as a Fighter Squadron 31 (VF-31) F-14A Tomcat aircraft accelerates toward the end of the deck of the aircraft carrier USS FORRESTAL (CV-59)

The catapult crew prepares to launch a Fighter Squadron 11 (VF-11) F-14A Tomcat aircraft from the aircraft carrier USS FORRESTAL (CV-59)

Flight deck crewmen prepare to move a Fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32) F-14 Tomcat aircraft on the aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV-63)

A fighter Squadron 31 (VF-31) F-14A Tomcat aircraft lands on the aircraft carrier USS FORRESTAL (CV-59)

An F-14A Tomcat aircraft prepares to be launched during Naval Air Reserve carrier qualifications aboard the aircraft carrier USS CONSTELLATION (CV 64)

An F-14A Tomcat aircraft from Fighter Squadron 33 (VF-33) is launched from the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV 66)

Flight deck crewmen prepare an F-14A Tomcat aircraft for launch from the aircraft carrier USS FORRESTAL (CV 59) during Exercise WEST WIND 88

Flight deck crewmen prepare a Fighter Squadron 211 (VF-211) F-14A Tomcat aircraft for launching during flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63)

Flight deck crewmen watch as the catapult crew prepares to launch a Fighter Squadron 31 (VF-31) F-14A Tomcat aircraft from the aircraft carrier USS FORRESTAL (CV-59)

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22/07/1988
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label_outline Explore Catapult Crew, Aircraft Carrier Uss Forrestal, F 14 A Tomcat Aircraft

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

Four ships from three nations sail together during the NATO exercise Display Determination '91. The ships are, from front to back: the British aircraft carrier HMS INVINCIBLE (R-05), the aircraft carrier USS FORRESTAL (CV-59), the amphibious assault ship USS WASP (LHD-1) and the Spanish aircraft carrier PRINCIPE DE ASTURIAS (R-11)

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)

The SPS-49 long-range air search radar, center left, atop the aircraft carrier USS FORRESTAL (CV 59)

Flight deck crewmen and Marines offload an M-274 lightweight vehicle from a Marine CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter aboard the amphibious assault ship USS BELLEAU WOOD (LHA-3). The Marines are a part of Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, who are returning from an operation held in Australia

Flight deck personnel aboard the aircraft carrier USS FORRESTAL (CV 59) scrutinize the area around a catapult track, searching for debris capable of causing foreign object damage (FOD)

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

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)

Steam rises from a catapult as an A-6E Intruder aircraft is moved into position for launch from the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal (CV-59) during exercise Team Work '88

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

An F-14A Tomcat aircraft is launched from the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV-66) during the joint service Exercise Ocean Venture '93

A plane director stands behind an Attack Squadron 37 (VA-37) A-7E Corsair II aircraft as he signals to another aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS FORRESTAL (CV-59) during the allied forces exercise Team Work '88

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crewmen flight deck crewmen catapult crew catapult crew fighter squadron vf tomcat aircraft tomcat aircraft carrier uss forrestal aircraft carrier uss forrestal cv f 14 a tomcat f 14 a flight deck aircraft carrier fighter jet aircraft f 14 grumman aerospace corporation high resolution f 14 a tomcat aircraft ph 1 caffaro aircraft carrier deck military aircraft us national archives