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Dive into the revolutionary features of the USS Gerald R. Ford,the world’s most advanced and expensive aircraft carrier, now ...

Sailors signal the catapult launch during a boot shoot on the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Nicholas Burgains ...

As an F/A-18 comes in for a trap, the STEM in 30 crew films operations on the Dwight D. Eisenhower flight deck. On the Grumman C-2 Greyhound, we sat facing backward, wearing life vests, goggles ...

They also handle the carrier's aircraft elevators — high-speed hydraulic platforms that move planes from the hangar where they're stored, to the flight deck for takeoff.

Unfortunately, even events that are completely out of the flight deck crew's control put them at risk. An EA-6B Prowler crashed on the USS Nimitz (CVN-68) in 1981, the oldest aircraft carrier ...

The USS Gerald R. Ford, the Navy's most advanced aircraft carrier is now on its first deployment, five years after it was commissioned into service and 15 years after its naming.

The flight deck crew attached the plane to a steam powered catapult. The launch takes your breath away. Going zero to over 100 miles an hour in under three seconds is a serious adrenaline rush.