Two Royal Navy pilots flying the Super Hornet on exchange with the US Navy, currently onboard USS Harry S. Truman (note the incredible beard)2yr ⋅ MGC91 ⋅ r/navalaviation
Aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV 60) underway in the Mediterranean Sea. An F-14A Tomcat aircraft is being launched from a forward catapult. Jan 29, 1986. [2800x1920]1yr ⋅ iamnotabot7890 ⋅ r/navalaviation
Another sight gone from the skies, Grumman EA-6B Prowler aircraft. These are USMC units that although capable of carrier operations were normally based at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. No Prowler was ever lost in combat but about 1/3 of the 170 built were lost in accidents. (5433x3622)2yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/navalaviation
Royal Navy pilot in his Harrier cockpit faces the ski-jump waiting for his turn to take off from HMS Ark Royal.2yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/navalaviation
Ships and aircraft from the U.S. Navy, Royal Australian Navy, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, and U.K. Royal Navy transit in formation as part of Maritime Partnership Exercise (MPX) 2021. Bay Of Bengal (Oct. 17, 2021) [5218x2935]2yr ⋅ iamnotabot7890 ⋅ r/navalaviation
In late 1918 the Imperial Japanese Navy acquired the manufacturing licenses for the German Hansa-Brandenburg W.29 monoplane fighter floatplane. Built by Nakajima and Aichi they may have been the 1st fighter aircraft of the IJN2yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/navalaviation