Visit to the USS Kitty Hawk

An overview of terrifc day spent on the USS Kitty Hawk, including an arrested landing and catapult departure.

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Travel & Events

Tags:

• aircraft
• carrier
• Kitty
• Hawk
• navy

[checknforu1]

I really hate this ship but remember most of the OFFICERS who came up top to film these videos from forward lookout who aimlessly had nothing to do so they would film with their digital video cameras while I stood there in the rain hating life

[mcalneggia]

I was a guest whwn I shot this not an officer.

[progenitor00]

wow 5 tries at a landing. is that normal?

[mcalneggia]

It was a rough day but no aircradft needed more than three attempts. Each of the landings shown on the video is a different aircraft, there were about 16-20 in the air during the excercise.

[samfromportadown]

Kinda rough weather there. When the ship is pitching up and down do they time a cat launch so that the plane passes over the bow just as the bow reaches the top of its pitch-up? Or does it matter?

[mcalneggia]

I don't think it matters on launch but it does give the pilots a bit a stress on landing.

[TheABCOLE]

USS KITTY HAWK 1981-1983 AIR WING 15 VF-51

I AM PROUD TO SAY I HAD THE PRIVLAGE TO GO TO SEA ON HER.

[checknforu1]

Oh you were a guest, lucky you... but the people in charge were YES-MEN who were only for looking for early promotions, hence, why they came to this sorry ass ship.

[checknforu1]

The XO was an idiot along with the Command Master Chief.

[KitanaiharE]

@checknforu1 KItty from 06-08

Yeah, we all know of the 'non-skid dildo' that we got on that ship.

Remember the XO?

Mast for haircuts.

[KitanaiharE]

Out of ALL the carriers I've been on, Kitty Hawk had the best FANTAIL. It wrapped around the aft of the ship.

[finchiestiffler79]

blah blah blah blah blah blah...........

so you think a direct hit from a granit or klub to a carrier? even a yakhont or moskit with a tactical nuke can destroy a CBVG.

BTW where would that battle? a battle btwn russians and americans? or just russian hardware used by inferior armies?

[kdraper2007]

yeah! it is easy to say. the U.S. military has shown that their training & equipment is superior to Russians. it has been proven in battle. also you underestimate the size & damage control ablity of Aircraft carriers. these ships are compartmented and armored. 1 missile could not sink them, unless is was a nuke. but with several squadrons of strike aircraft, A airborne early warning Hawkeye, and a battle group. your cruiser would be getting blasted by Harpoon missiles.

[finchiestiffler79]

youre full of blah blah. so easy to say huh?

[kdraper2007]

That's much easier to say then to do. 1st you would have to find the sub. American subs are very quiet. Russian sonar isn't very sensitive. to get cruisers, you have to again get past fighters, & Missiles. you would have to be very lucky to get past the super hornets, let alone the Standard missiles, you'd be lucky if you got close enough to be engaged by point defenses. oh, and by the way, Arleigh Burke aegis destroyers are stealthy, you can't hit what you can't see.

[finchiestiffler79]

those subs and cruisers will go down first.