[Aggie Mama]

Here’s a silly question: What on earth do they do with all the aircraft during a bad storm? Are they stored underneath or do they fly out? There seem to be quite a bit on the deck in that first picture.

[Non-Sequitur]

Here’s a silly question: What on earth do they do with all the aircraft during a bad storm?

Aircraft are tied down on the flight deck and below decks in the hanger bay. But as a rule the Navy goes out of its way to avoid bad storms with its carriers.

[Knitebane]

Here’s a silly question: What on earth do they do with all the aircraft during a bad storm? Are they stored underneath or do they fly out? There seem to be quite a bit on the deck in that first picture.

They chain them down to the deck.

NORLANT cruises are always fun. The deck watch is issued a flashlight (with a red lens that makes it largely useless) and a hammer.

The hammer is for busting ice off of the chains so the weight of the ice doesn't tear the wings off of the aircraft.

[A.A. Cunningham]

Either stowed in the hangar bay or chained to the flight deck.

080319-N-0555B-015 PACIFIC OCEAN (March 19, 2008) Aircraft assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 14 fill the hangar bay of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) to full capacity for the first time in more than three months. Reagan is conducting carrier qualifications with CVW-14 in preparation for an upcoming deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Christopher D. Blachly (Released)