Photos Aircraft Carriers

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Scott Stapp, former lead singer of the band Creed,

Never heard of him. Never. ?

210312-N-HS716-1101 by Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet, on Flickr

MEDITERRANEAN SEA (March 12, 2021) Sailors conduct flight operations on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), in the Mediterranean Sea, March 12, 2021. The IKE Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national interests and security in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jairus P. Bailey/Released)

210312-N-SM577-2064 by U.S. Pacific Fleet, on Flickr

INDIAN OCEAN (March 12, 2021) Lt. Konstantin Drabkin, from New York, signals to launch an F/A-18E Super Hornet, assigned to the “Golden Warriors” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 87, from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) March 12, 2021. The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. As the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed fleet, 7th Fleet routinely operates and interacts with 35 maritime nations while conducting missions to preserve and protect a free and open Indo-Pacific Region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Casey Scoular)

 

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NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY SOUDA BAY, Greece (March 20, 2021) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) arrives in Souda Bay, Greece, for a scheduled port visit, March 20, 2021. Dwight D. Eisenhower is on a routine deployment in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national interests and security in Europe and Africa. NSA Souda Bay is an operational ashore base that enables U.S., allied, and partner nation forces to be where they are needed when they are needed to ensure security and stability in Europe, Africa, and Southwest Asia. (U.S. Navy photo by Joel Diller/Released)



NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY SOUDA BAY, Greece (March 20, 2021) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) arrives in Souda Bay, Greece, for a scheduled port visit, March 20, 2021. Dwight D. Eisenhower is on a routine deployment in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national interests and security in Europe and Africa. NSA Souda Bay is an operational ashore base that enables U.S., allied, and partner nation forces to be where they are needed when they are needed to ensure security and stability in Europe, Africa, and Southwest Asia. (U.S. Navy photo by Joel Diller/Released)

 

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NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY SOUDA BAY, Greece (March 20, 2021) A Naval Support Activity Souda Bay harbor patrol boat escorts the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) as it arrives for a scheduled port visit in Souda Bay, Greece, March 20, 2021. Dwight D. Eisenhower is on a routine deployment in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national interests and security in Europe and Africa. NSA Souda Bay is an operational ashore base that enables U.S., allied, and partner nation forces to be where they are needed when they are needed to ensure security and stability in Europe, Africa, and Southwest Asia. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kelly M. Agee/Released)

 

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Australia:
HMAS Melbourne arriving in Milford Sound, NZ. De Havilland Sea Venom aircraft can be seen on the deck. Feb. 16th, 1957

 

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Pictured in this file image dated October 20, 2016 is Admiral Kuznetsov on its way to the Mediterranean Sea, A Russian task force consisting of Northern Fleet and Black Sea Fleet warships and more than 40 aircraft were involved in an anti-terrorist combat mission in Syria in the autumn and winter of the year 2016. Andrei Luzik/Russian Navy Northern Fleet Press Office/TASS (Photo by Andrei Luzik\TASS

 

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USS America with its combat ready F-35Bs from VMFA-121 the "Green Knights". 2017

 

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USS Port Royal (CG 73), centre, is underway with the aircraft carrier FS Charles de Gaulle (R91), front, and the frigate FS Provence (D652) during the Group Arabian Sea Warfare Exercise (GASWEX) in the Arabian Sea. 19 March 2021 U.S. Navy photo courtesy of the French Navy

 

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A kamikaze aircraft is hit by USN anti-aircraft fire, May 4, 1945. USS Bennington (CV-20) is photo centre and was taken from USS Hornet (CV-12) by Roy Huffngton off Okinawa.

 

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Australia & USN:
HMAS Sydney (R-17), foreground, and helicopter carrier USS Valley Forge (LPH-8) underway during a SEATO exercise off the Philippines in May 1964.

 

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HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08)​

HMS Queen Elizabeth is the lead ship of the Queen Elizabeth class of aircraft carriers and the Fleet Flagship of the Royal Navy. Capable of carrying 60 aircraft including fixed wing, rotary wing and autonomous vehicles, she is named in honour of the first Queen Elizabeth, a World War I era super-dreadnought, which in turn was named after Queen Elizabeth I. The carrier Queen Elizabeth will carry her namesake ship's honours, as well as her Tudor rose-adorned crest and motto.[1]

The ship began sea trials in June 2017, was commissioned on 7 December 2017 and entered service in 2020. Her first seagoing commanding officer was Commodore Jerry Kyd, who was appointed in 2014, but didn't take command until May 2016,[20] having previously commanded the carriers Ark Royal and Illustrious.

Due to the absence of catapults or arrestor wires, Queen Elizabeth is designed to operate V/STOL aircraft. The air wing will typically consist of F-35B Lightning II multirole fighters and Merlin helicopters for airborne early warning and anti-submarine warfare. The design emphasises flexibility, with accommodation for 250 Royal Marines and the ability to support them with attack helicopters and large troop transports such as Chinooks. She is the second Royal Navy vessel to bear the name Queen Elizabeth, and is based at HMNB Portsmouth.

When on operations, Queen Elizabeth will deploy as the central part of a UK Carrier Strike Group, comprising escorts and support ships, with the aim to facilitate carrier-enabled power projection.

 

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HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08)​

 

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HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08)​

 

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1976, USS Enterprise visiting Hobart, Tasmania.

 

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28 March 1957 Two Wyvern S.4s of 831 NAS collided over Thorney Island and crashed into Bracklesham Bay. WP343 384/FD and WL887 383/FD took off from RNAS Ford for an exercise involving simulated attacks on each other over Bracklesham Bay. Neither aircraft or their pilots, Lt Reg Hunt, age 28, and Sub Lt. Maurice Maggs, age 32, were ever seen again.

 

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Waist catapult action on USS America while deployed in 1981 to the Indian Ocean.
Kevin Sullivan, VF-114.

 

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Carrier landings sometimes do not go as planned ...

 

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Port side view of the USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) while at sea off the Palau Islands, Mar 27, 1944. Note the Measure 32, Design 6A paint scheme, only two carriers were painted this way.
United States Navy

 

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HMS Ark Royal (R09) laid up in the Hamoaze, c. 1980

A Harrier takes off from aircraft carrier HMS Invincible (R05)