Flat-top AWACS parked beneath the radar surveillance tower; very fitting indeed. Actually the aircraft of the Commander of the Air Group of Carrier Vessel Wing 3.
Getting ready for another round of carrier patterns for cruise qualification. This particular aircraft was the one lost two years later in a collision with a S-3B Viking on CVN-65 Enterprise.
An F/A-18F Super Hornet from VFA-211, the Fighting Checkmates, is maneuvered into position on the flight deck of the U.S.S. George Washington (CVN-73).
An F/A-18F Super Hornet from VFA-211, the Fighting Checkmates, is maneuvered into position on the flight deck of the U.S.S. George Washington (CVN-73).