24 photos that show the synchronized chaos of America's aircraft-carrier flight decks
Tiger cruise participants commemorate their voyage with a spell-out on the flight deck on the USS Carl Vinson.
An MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron takes off from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard.
An aircraft director guides an F/A-18C Hornet onto a catapult aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman.
An aircraft prepares to launch from the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz.
An F/A-18F Super Hornet from the Black Aces of Strike Fighter Squadron 41 lands aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis.
Sailors stow an aircraft barricade after flight deck drills aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan.
Sailors conduct a special patrol insertion/extraction exercise aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan.
Ship executive officer addresses Sailors on the flight deck during an all-hands call on the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson.
USS Bonhomme Richard conducts flight operations.
A pilot confirms the weight of his jet prior to launch on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis.
Airman position model aircraft on a planning board in the flight deck control center aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln.
Chief Aviation Boatswain’s Mate signals a C-2A Greyhound on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan.
USS Theodore Roosevelt conducts a replenishment.
SS Essex Sailors scrub the flight deck.
A landing craft air cushion enters the well deck of USS Kearsarge in Gulf of Aden.
USS Essex conducts deck landing qualifications.
USS John C. Stennis conducts helicopter operations.
A jet launches from the deck of USS Enterprise.
Sailor signals for Sailors to set up the aircraft barricade during a drill aboard USS George Washington.
MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter lands aboard USS Essex.
A Harrier launches from USS Makin Island.
Sailors conduct a chock and chain evolution with an SH-60 Sea Hawk aboard USS Wasp.
An Airman directs an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter on the flight deck of aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis.
Sailors prepare an F/A-18E Super Hornet on the USS Ronald Reagan.
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