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How Does an Aircraft Carrier Store Its Planes?

Typically, only about half of the carrier’s aircraft remain below deck on the carrier deck. The rest will be parked on the flight deck itself.
U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) conducts flight deck operations during exercise Northern Edge 2021 ...
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Graduated pilots will now complete the carrier qualification during follow on training at their fleet replacement squadron, a Navy spokesperson said.
Naval aviation training is changing for the strike fighter communities of the United States Navy. USN aviators have earned ...
Landing on an aircraft carrier defines Naval aviation. But new pilots won't have to do it until later in their training.