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- Various clips of U.S. Navy aircraft carrier operations during the 1980s -- A-7 Corsair IIs, A-6 Intruders, F-14 Tomcats, F-4 Phantom IIs, F/A-18 Hornets. Includes aircraft carrier USS America (CV-66). Source material: U.S. Navy TV, 1987.
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Thank you for sharing this. No music or commentary; just raw operation and recording.
Our f-18 squadron VFA-131 Wildcats did a med-cruise 87/88 with VFA-136 , VFA-137 on board the USS Coral Sea , All 3 squadrons were out of NAS Cecil Field fla , Those were the best of times and miss it , Thanks for sharing this gem and bravo-zulu !
Brought back so many memories of the America and the Catapult Crew I was on. Not only seeing myself on my favorite stations Weight board and JBD safety but seeing shipmates some who are in the hands of God now. Thank you for posting this. RIP Bill Muller who is Topside Safety on Cat 2.
I am excited, that’s my baby USS America CV-66 ; I served on her from 1973 -1976 V-3 division !
Thank you sir, your service is appreciated
These old aircraft’s are just so beautiful
Man, look at the mix of carrier based aircraft back in the day!
That intermittent buzz in the middle part of the vid brings back memories. I believe it was from that big search radar on the boat. I remember that it would couple into my headset even when I wasn’t connected up to the comm systems one of our birds!
Anybody looking at this video would do well to read the Tom Clancy novel Red Storm Rising, specifically the chapter dance with the vampires, which shows in brilliant riveting detail the modern missile nightmare between the Soviet backfires hunting for the US carrier task force which has its Aegis Cruisers and F-14 Tomcats to protect it
Love that book, love that chapter
I vaguely remember that scene, IRL the Soviets said they would need at least 100 Tu-22Ms, (with some Tu-22Ms replaced by Tu-16s) to take out one carrier, and that's assuming a complete loss of all air assets, hence why they talked about bringing in Tu-16s. So a real air battle would've been even more epic than the book, but would've been very one sided
Reading Clancy’s older book, Red Rabbit. It’s very good.
04:18 ah yes the F-4S from the USN Reserve. Not seen in “Top Gun” and “Supercarrier” but they were there at the time.
VF-202 out of Dallas. This had to have been taken in late 86 or early 87 as they switched over to F-14's in late 87
They didn’t stop using the f4s till 96 if I remember correctly. Awesome awesome aircraft. Really wish I could have joined in the golden era of naval aviation. It’s wild to see how much and how little changed at the same time.
F-4s were not used on the Nimitz in the early 80s according to my ex husband who was on it from 82 to 84.
I worked the flight deck as final checker/ troubleshooter on the America, 1977-78 with VA 87 ; thanks for sharing this video; great ship, great work.
Remember it well!!! VA-83 USS Forrestal CV-59,1981,1982...USS Saratoga CV-60 1984,CVW-17...
Me too, Benidorm!!!
Thanks for the footage 😁
ON the groove... Looking good..........
Those were great days my friends, CV 59 fid
Didn't get the angled deck, but now seeing jets taking off and landing at the same time. Makes sense. 🔥🔥
The angle is in case you don't catch an arresting wire or it breaks during landing. I served on the Nimitz but I had friends from my "A" school on the America.
Reagan's Navy. Always ready.
Not Biden's!
Today's Navy is ready. Put your political ideologies aside and support our sailors.
@justinegorski2703 support the sailors marines coast guard
@@justinegorski2703 Sure bud seems like they're more focused on diversity than actual strength
Awesome 👍
These were the days.
The Navy had so many different aircrafts for every specific mission. Now, everything is Hornet.
the naval carrier borne A-6B Intruder (Block III) maritime multi role ground attack fighter should have been armed with an internal cannon . . . a 25 MM GAU-12/U six-barrel rotary cannon . . . but not gun pods . . .
Several RAG squadrons shown, looks like a carrier availability period.
Must have been a carrier qual. The A-6’s where from VA-42, NAS Oceana, Virginia Beach, Va. I was a plane captain there from 1972 to 1975. ADJ3
The real U.S. Navy and real aircraft
This is the Navy that brought to the world "Top Gun."
A6 oddly lethal.
Former H-3 guy…where’s da choppers?
One over by the bridge, where the Hummers are usually spotted
The variety of aircraft. On a modern carrier you'd only really find F-18s, F-35s and E-2 Hawkeyes
Here you have Intruders, Crusaders, Tomcats, Corsair IIs, Phantoms, even an F-18
Don't forgot the COD at 11:39. We're still out here doing God's work.
10:02 Oof, 4 wire 😬
Given that its a VF-101 bird, high probability that it was a student at the controls, or possibly a pilot returning to the fleet after a desk job. Hopefully, they got better.
It’s nice to hear people talking without a ‘dude’ or ‘bro’ every 5th word.
♠️🇺🇲I can smell this video.....lol
Ronald Regan approves this videos 👍🤌👍
Pretty sure I'm up there on America v-1 80-84..thanks for no music gotta have the whining , roar and radar feedback .Night CQs after yard periods were fun ha great stuff😮