With a boom and sparks, this $60 million Navy jet's aircraft carrier landing unraveled in seconds

A critical system failed as a Super Hornet fighter jet was landing on USS Harry S. Truman. The jet slid off the deck into the Red Sea.
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C-2A Greyhound takeoff/landing & cockpit video • slow motion

A Greyhound Carrier Onboard Delivery (COD) plane takes off and lands aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) on October 26, 2016. In recent news, a C-2A assigned to the VRC-30 ...
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Navy ends carrier landings as a requirement to earn ‘Wings of Gold’

Naval aviators believe they are the best pilots on earth — just ask them — and the primary reason they cite is hard to argue with: they land on aircraft carriers. Whether in calm seas and sunshine or ...
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F-35C jets join carrier-landing drills as USS George Washington preps for patrol

IWO JIMA, Japan — U.S. Navy pilots are preparing for the USS George Washington’s inaugural patrol from its new homeport in Japan, conducting carrier-landing drills that, for the first time, include ...