In this image we can see two RAF Harrier GR.1 on board the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle (R-05). They were shipped for testing for two weeks in the early 1970's. Note that the Eagle was not retrofitted to operate the Phantom like her twin the Eagle being decommissioned even with Sea Vixen on board as pictured
Brazilian Navy - NAeL Minas Gerais A-11 (Colossus-class light aircraft carrier operated by the Brazilian Navy) and a McDonnell Douglas A-4KU Skyhawk from fighter squadron VF-1.
Bow view of the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle (R-91/G) the only one that is nuclear powered and is not North American. It is deployed at least once a year, and will be operational until 2038.
Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) aircraft from the USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70) fly in formation above their carrier in the Persian Gulf during a WESTPAC deployment. The squadrons represented are: Fighter Squadron Eleven (VF-11) Red Rippers and VF-31 Tomcatters flying the F-14A Tomcat; Anti-submarine Squadron Thirty-five (VS-35) flying the S-3A Viking; Strike Fighter Squadron One-One-Three (VFA-113), First of the Fleet, and VFA-25 Stingers flying the F/A-18C Hornet; Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron One-Three-Nine (VAQ-139) Cougars in the EA-6B Prowler; Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron One-One-Three (VAW-113) Black Eagles flying the E-2 Hawkeye; and Attack Squadron One-Nine-Six ..., 5/1/1994..
The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) at sea in 1955 during a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea between March and September 1955. Visible are the aircraft of Carrier Air Group 17 (CVG-17): McDonnell F2H-2 Banshee fighters of fighter squadron VF-172 Blue Bolts (painted dark blue), F2H-3 Banshees of VF-171 Aces on the catapults (painted light grey/white), and two North American AJ-1 Savage bombers parked on the port aft flight deck. On the ramp some four Douglas AD Skyraiders are parked. CVG-17's tailcode "R" is clearly visible. The destroyer in the background appears to be USS Borie (DD-704)
The U.S. aircraft carrier USS Philippine Sea (CVA-47) at sea off Korea on 3 May 1953. Philippine Sea, with assigned Carrier Air Group 9 (CVG-9) was deployed to the Western Pacific and the Korean War from 15 December 1952 to 14 August 1953. Many planes of CVG-9 are vieible on deck: 14 Grumman F9F-2 Panther of Fighter Squadrons 91 (VF-91) and VF-93, six Douglas AD-4/-4NA/-4NL Skyraiders Attack Squadron 95 (VA-95), eleven Vought F4U-4 of VF-94, three AD-4W of Composite Squadron 11 (VC-11) Det. M (one on the starboard bow, two in front and to the right of the lowered deck elevator), and a AD-4N of VC-35 Det. M (aft of the elevator).
Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego (Jun. 2, 2003) -- USS Constellation (CV 64) returns to its homeport in San Diego following a successful seven month deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction, and end the regime of Saddam Hussein
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Aircraft Carrier USS HARRY S. TRUMAN seen through the periscope of Hellenic Navy's Type 214 submarine Katsonis during war games in the Eastern Mediterranean. Jan 2022
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