A VAW-124 "Bear Aces" Hawkeye comes in for a three wire trap onboard CVN-71 USS Theodore Roosevelt, you are very close to the action at the LSO platform with the wingtip being feet from you head, an awesome experience
Early evening on the flight deck. VAW-124 "Bear Aces" CO jet prepares to launch from USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71. Roosevelt and CVW-8 were deployed during 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
VAW-124 "Bear Aces" CO jet, AJ-601 hooked up to the catapult on the flight deck of CVN-71, ready for launch. USS Theodore Roosevelt and Carrier Air Wing Eight were deployed during 2005, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.