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Watch: US Navy Performs First Fixed Wing Aircraft Recovery Aboard USS Gerald R. Ford

FighterSweep Staff 1 Comment Military Aviation, Navy

ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 28, 2017) An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 piloted by Lt. Cmdr. Jamie Struck, performs an arrested landing aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78).

The aircraft carrier is underway conducting test and evaluation operations. Less than one week after Pres. Donald J. Trump commissioned the U.S. Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, Gerald R. Ford launched and recovered its first fixed-wing aircraft off the coast of Virginia.

The first arrested landing, or “trap”, occurred at 3:10 PM (EST) and the first catapult launch happened at 4:37 PM (EST). US Navy video

Featured image of The Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) system traps an F/A-18E/F Super Hornet on board USS Gerald R. Ford, marking a naval aviation first by US Navy

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