F-14 Tailhook Break Ejection 8 MAR 2002 A US... Navy F-14A crashed into the northern Arabian Sea after its tailhook snapped off during an attempted landing on the carrier USS John C. Stennis. Metallurgical analysis of the tailhook found that an aluminum stripping process used during rework on the tailhook caused damage, and ultimately, failure of the hook.show more

May 19 1956: a US Navy F-9 [141065] crashes... while landing on Carrier USS Essex (Location of ship unknown). Fighter broke landing gear on touchdown. Aircraft slid off deck and fell into sea, on the carrier´s aft. Pilot was rescued by a support helicopter on standby.show more

U.S. Navy Helicopter Crew Member MISSING After Crash in... Arabian Sea An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the USS George H.W. Bush went down in the Arabian Sea early Wednesday during an emergency water landing. Three of the four crew members have been recovered and are in stable condition aboard the carrier. The fourth remains MISSING, with Navy assets still searching. You can see the stunts they are doing flying this low near the UAE coastline in this video. This is why they crashed...show more

Smoke seen from the deck of USS Essex in... the Norwegian Sea after a Soviet Tupolev Tu-16 Badger F crashed nearby on May 25th 1968 The aircraft made a series of low passes near the carrier before clipping the surface with a wingtip and cartwheeling into the sea with no survivorsshow more

"LOOK MA, NO HOOK" - the crew painted this... on the side of the C-130 after it landed, on USS Forrestal, making it the biggest aircraft ever to land on an aircraft carrier. This was on trials for a COD - Carrier Onboard Delivery type. Even though the operation was feasible, the Navy opted for a new, ground-up, smaller design, which became the C-2 Greyhound.show more

🇺🇸 Two U.S. military aircraft crashed in the South... China Sea, the U.S. Pacific Fleet confirmed. An MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter and an F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet, both operating from the USS Nimitz went down separately, only 30 minutes apart, during routine operations. All five crew members were rescued and are reported to be in stable condition. The Navy has launched an investigation into what caused both aircraft to crash so close together. Something’s off in the South China Sea and Washington wants answers.show more

Footage of a US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet bombing... the tanker Sevda as it attempted to run the US blockade on Iran. CENTCOM says that US forces struck and disabled a pair of tankers as they attempted to head for an Iranian port.show more

An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 hit three deer during... its landing at Kodiak Airport on Thursday morning, causing damage to the aircraft’s landing gear and leading to the cancellation of all passenger flights for the rest of the day. The collision happened around 8 a.m. during the landing rollout, but the plane safely taxied to the terminal with no injuries to passengers or crew. 📸 by Fuutii4312show more

During the Korean War in 1950 on the USS... Valley Forge a missile slides off of an F4U and crew get rid of the evidence. I will say that I have seen way more missiles slide down carrier decks than I expected in the National Archives. 👀show more

A Chinese J-15 Carrier-Based Multirole Fighter with the People's... Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), believed to have launched from a nearby aircraft carrier during a training exercise, crashed earlier today within Lingao County on Hainan Island in the South China Sea. The pilot was able to successfully eject, before being rescued by local residents; with the crash not reported to have caused any significant damage or casualties on the ground. Videos and pictures of the incident have quickly been removed from most Chinese social media.show more

June 30 1970: a US Navy F-4 crashes off... California (US), 1 of 2 aboard dies. On catapult launch from aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea, the nose gear failed. Both crew members ejected before the jet hit the sea. RIO Robert Keating was killed when he struck a plane parked on the flight deck. Crew were from VF-151 "Vigilantes" squadron Commanding Officer CDR Fred Winton (Pilot) and RIO - Radar Intercept Officer - LCDR Robert Keating. Jet [Registration "153913"] was to take part in a flyoff celebrating USS Coral Sea's return to San Francisco in the Summer of 1970. The nose gear failure was traced to a slipped cable that broke the nosewheel.show more

"Kate" Bomber Shot Down by U.S. Carrier Anti-Aircraft Fire... 🇺🇸🇯🇵 A Japanese Nakajima B5N2 "Kate" attempts a low-level strafing run on a U.S. Navy carrier during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands in 1942. Heavy anti-aircraft fire tears into the aircraft, ripping away its left wing in a burst of flames. The Kate rolls violently and crashes into the sea right beside the ship, sending up a huge splash and fireball.show more

‼️US F-35 'stealth fighter' hit by Iran. The AD... rocket ruptured in proximity, hitting the rear of the jet. This confirms an earlier US military report on the landing of a damaged F-35. But this isn't about destroyed or not, the F-35 for years was touted as invincible, a PR campaign on stealth directed to mock Russian and Chinese tech, well that era is over. The Iranians managed to video, track and strike the jet. Although not specified the system used, I'm confident the S-400 would have no trouble hitting that.show more

Cockroach on camera: An insect crawled into the cleavage... of an American television presenter during a live broadcast. The journalist did not interrupt the broadcast. The cockroach moved to the microphone and flew away, after which the presenter nervously started brushing it off herself.show more

In 1963, the U.S. Navy wanted to find out... if a standard Marine Corps KC-130F Hercules, a massive 40-ton cargo plane, could land on a moving aircraft carrier to deliver heavy supplies over long distances. The ship was the USS Forrestal. And the pilot was Lieutenant James H. Flatley III, who had actually never flown a four-engine aircraft before getting this assignment. The Hercules had absolutely no tailhook, meaning it couldn't use the ship's arresting wires to stop. To land, the carrier had to steam at max speed directly into the wind, generating a massive 40-to-50-knot headwind down the deck. And the moment the tires touched down, Flatley had to slam all four engines into full reverse thrust bringing the giant plane to a complete halt in just 267 feet. Its massive 132-foot wingspan cleared the ship's control tower island by less than 15 feet. But taking off was an even crazier physics problem as the C-130 was way too big to hook up to the ship's steam catapults and therefore had to launch entirely under its own power. The crew thus had to back the aircraft up to the absolute rear edge of the flight deck. Flatley locked the brakes down completely and revved all four turboprop engines to 100% maximum power. When he released the brakes, 20,000 horsepower launched the plane forward. While Flatley focused on nose-wheel steering to keep the plane straight, his co-pilot held the control wheel to keep the massive wings level. Combined with the heavy headwind, the C-130 generated so much lift that it soared off the deck in only 745 feet. Over three days, they completed 29 touch-and-goes, 21 full-stop landings, and 21 unassisted takeoffs. Even though it worked, the Navy ultimately scrapped the idea as the C-130 was so huge it couldn't fit down the carrier's elevators, and the crew had to clear the entire deck just to land it; completely paralyzing the ship’s combat mission.show more

«Si vis pacem, para bellum» 🇺🇸 🇮🇷 The ceasefire... agreed on 8 April between the US and Iran came to an end at midnight on 21 April. During this time, Washington has deployed or is in the process of deploying around 10,000 personnel: - Approximately 6,000 personnel aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush and its strike group (including destroyers and other vessels), expected to arrive by the end of April. - Approximately a further 4,200 personnel in the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group and the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (including some 2,500 marines), also expected by the end of the month. These movements are described as a means of maintaining pressure on Iran to force an agreement more favourable to US interests, whilst preparing for possible resumption of hostilities should future negotiations fail.show more

A Japanese Air Self-Defense Force F-15J fighter jet made... an emergency landing at Naha Airport in Okinawa after its left main landing gear failed while returning from a scramble intercept mission. The aircraft, F-15J 22-8809 of the 304th Tactical Fighter Squadron (304 Hikotai), skidded on the runway, rotated approximately 180 degrees, and came to rest with its left wing touching the runway. Fortunately, the pilot was not harmed and exited the aircraft safely.show more