I remember being on the FID, and we were conducting war games with the air farce... we bombed the hell out of the east coast for 3 days until they found us...
I was on the flight deck, and off in the distance saw 4 great big puffs of smoke, and 4 smoky trails..
our f-4’s did a low level fly by, being persued by 4 f-111’s..
they blew us up for a full day after that...
you ain’t lived until you witness low level fly by’s breaking the sound barrier... whole damn ship shook..
(8^D)