Converging U.S. Navy aircraft carrier groups in Middle East

Converging U.S. Navy aircraft carrier groups in Middle East

http://www.itszone.co.uk/zone0/viewtopic.php?t=31129

Frankly, I don't know what is this all noise about. The media often
exaggerate, telling about normal carrier movements as "preparing to
war", or the other way round...;-)

USS Theodore Roosevelt/CVW-8 were to deploy early 2005 anyhow? HST is
still supporting OIF, and Vinson CSG is on the "World Cruise". Anything
unusual? If a new carrier enters the Gulf and relieves the previous
one, as usually, it's normal - different story, when two (or three)
carriers start to operate together there...

BTW, Navy News Stand shows some photos of weapons being transferred to
CVN-71 from CV-67, which is seemingly doomed to end its career...

Best regards,

Jacek


wrote:
Converging U.S. Navy aircraft carrier groups in Middle East

http://www.itszone.co.uk/zone0/viewtopic.php?t=31129

Daryl Hunt wrote:

...it takes a lot more runway to land an AC
than it takes to Take Off from.

Better make that "some aircraft", or better yet, "a few aircraft". That and
your lack of interest in flying fighters makes whatever you post highly
suspect (not to mention your cross-posting).

Do you even have your joystick plugged in -- or do you just read the manuals?


Jack

Planned Bright Star exercises being one "alternative" reason enough;-)
This time maybe last time with Tomcats, and no Super Hornets
involved...

Regards,

Jacek


hoarse with no name wrote:
In article .com,
wrote:

http://www.itszone.co.uk/zone0/viewtopic.php?t=31129

There is less to the article than the headline suggests. The only
substance to the piece was this single line "The U.S. Navy aircraft
carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt is on the move in Atlantic Ocean and
is
possibly headed towards the Mediterranean Sea. " That's not much. I
don't see why we would send a carrier to the Med to hit Iran.

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(snip)
Note that I have seen S-2s and C-1s launched while
at anchor. Never saw a recovery, though. I don't know if you could
shoot a light F/A-18 with 0 wind over the deck.

Still, ain't Sea Stories grand?!?!?!?! ;-)

Bill Kambic
Speaking of which -- while I was 'gator on IKE, we shot a C-2 as we
were dropping anchor in Halifax. The locals loved it and wanted more
-- alas we were out of C-2's

Will Dossel
Last of the Steeljaws (VAW-122)