High Stakes Blue-Water OPS - US Navy EA-18G Flight Deck OPS and Catapult Launch - Salty Cockpit View

Welcome aboard. We just got both motors online and the Air Boss will signal for the first launch in 45 seconds. We are on month 2 of cruise, we just passed through the Strait of Malacca, and our flight suits are now brown. Our nearest divert is Sri Lanka, but no one has the gas to get there. Time for blue-water operations.

First, we launch the fighters. Off my nose, you will see two VFA-113 F/A-18Es launch prior to my departure from "the six pack" and turning towards catapult 2. The USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) is beginning to hit its stride and aircrew and the flight deck are operating as a team.

Combat operations begin in two weeks. If there is training to be had, now is the time. This was a day, Unit Level Training (ULT) sortie...just gettin' some flying before the trans start flying and the bombs start dropping.

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Chapters:
0:00 Warming in the "Six Pack"
3:04 Taxi to Catapult 2
4:05 Launch Bar Down
4:43 AIM-120D Arming
5:14 Tension
5:25 MAX Power
5:41 Fly Navy

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