Night Launch at the Supercarrier [Image Cache]

Watching F/A-18E fighters launching from the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln-a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier component of the usa 5th Fleet-is often impressive. Watching them catapulted into the nothingness of night makes it beautiful, and a tad scary.

The birds above are assigned to the Kestrels of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 137, element of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group.

This one-portion of the Argonauts of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147-is getting onto the catapult on board the supercarrier USS Ronald Reagan.

I never become bored with watching these, but I’m not worried. Not less than I’m not naked in my white underpants, clacking my teeth in front of a poster of Val Kilmer. Yet. [ Flickr via Flickr ]

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