Posted on 07/10/2022 1:43:22 PM PDT by TigerClaws
NAPLES, Italy -- On July 8, 2022, an F/A-18 Super Hornet assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 1, embarked aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), blew overboard due to unexpected heavy weather in the Mediterranean Sea. The carrier was conducting a replenishment-at-sea, which was safely terminated through established procedures. All personnel aboard the ship are accounted for.
One Sailor received minor injuries while conducting operations during the unexpected heavy weather. The Sailor is in stable condition and expected to make a full recovery.
USS Harry S. Truman and embarked aircraft remain full mission capable.
Details and the cause of the incident are under investigation.
Good one! Maybe the prophet *was* the Super Hornet. Hmmm, wonder whose name was written on the plane, what was the aircraft number, squadron name/number...
There'd be ways to tell.
You know what they say, Join the Navi, see the world.
They are so inept they can’t make an accurate weather prediction. We trust our nations safety to these homo vaxed freaks.
No, the pilot in the South China Sea mishap was male. I used to be a flight instructor at NAS Meridian where he trained. He wasn't there in my time frame but I keep touch with some of the simulator instructors and they know exactly who he was. They described him as a good student during his time there.
That squadron undoubtedly had a flight deck chief (FDC), a seasoned E7, whose responsibilities included ensuring all the squadron's aircraft were properly chained down.
I worked at the Morenci mine in eastern AZ one summer, and rode my bicycle up to the core shed each day. The workday ended at 4:00. If I was 5 minutes late leaving, I’d be there for 45 minutes waiting for the afternoon thunderstorm to finish. Many’s the time I’d get down the hill to the bar and under the awning exactly as the rain began.
If it was summertime, and the storm was off the gulf, you can just about set your watch to them.
CC
A tied down plane got washed off an elevator aboard the USS Midway (IIRC) some years back.
Whenever I had to ride brakes in a plane on the elevator in rough weather, I thought about it.
Yes, too busy with that training.
Question for those in the know, how does salt water spray affect aircraft on a carrier deck?
Some green shirt is in trouble.
“But who knows, with today’s military they may all sit in a circle and have an encounter group.”
Encounter Group? I haven’t heard that term in 50 years. Do they still have those things? Maybe in Wokeville, CA?
Lady pilot did it. This was earlier this year.
1. Nobody does their "first flight" in the China Sea.
2. The woman in that video is Air Force.
It was the same at 7,500 feet in the White Mountains in Arizona. I was astonished at the regularity of the afternoon storms that blew through. Fortunately, my cabin was properly strapped down and I knew all my pronouns, so I never had an incident.
Wow, that’ll give you some pucker watching a big aircraft with spinning props sliding toward you and wanging off your nose and radar.
That is one strong seaman to haul all that around.
“...whose responsibilities included ensuring all the squadron’s aircraft were properly chained down.”
The plane was obviously not chained down.
In today's navy:
"Where are all the chains for this aircraft?"
"Umm, we borrowed them."
"For what?"
"For the dungeon."
"The what?"
"The dungeon. The B and D folks set up a dungeon on the bottom level so they can get their rocks off doing what they love best."
"And the CO knew about this??"
"The CO is the dungeon master."
"Oh, Christ. Go bring the chains up here. We need 'em for this storm that's coming up." (Sigh...)
Not unexpected. That FReeper has been caught multiple times making misleading claims.
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